Minister of Education, University and Research

This is a list of the Italian Ministers of Education, University and Research, a position which led the

•   Democratic Party of the Left
•   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
•   Democratic Party
•   Five Star Movement
•   
  Independent

Coalitions:

•   Centre-left coalition
•   Centre-right coalition
•   Mixed coalition

N.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Luigi Berlinguer (1932–2023)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
Office not in use[a]			1998–2001					Amato II
2		Letizia Moratti (1949–)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Forza Italia	III
Office not in use[b]			2006–2008					Prodi II
3		Mariastella Gelmini (1973–)	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
4		Francesco Profumo (1953– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
5		Maria Chiara Carrozza (1965–)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
6		Stefania Giannini (1960–)	22 February 2014	12 December 2016	2 years, 294 days		Civic Choice / Democratic Party	Renzi
7		Valeria Fedeli (1949–)	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
8		Marco Bussetti (1962– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Independent	Conte I
9		Lorenzo Fioramonti (1977– )	5 September 2019	25 December 2019	111 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
10		Giuseppe Conte (1964– ) Acting	25 December 2019	10 January 2020	16 days		Independent
Office not in use[c]			2019–present					Draghi

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