The Italian minister of the navy was a member of the Council Ministers from 1861 until 1947. Under the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946, the minister oversaw the Regia Marina ("Royal Navy"), and his position was known officially as Ministri della marina del Regno d'Italia ("Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy"), while under the Italian Republic from 1946 to 1947 he oversaw the Marina Militare (literally "Military Navy," but usually translated as "Italian Navy") and was known officially as Ministro per la Marina Militare (literally "Minister for the Military Navy"), the name change becoming official on 13 July 1946. The position was abolished when the Ministry of the Navy merged with the Ministry of the Air Force and Ministry of War to form the Ministry of Defence in 1947.
The last minister of the navy was Giuseppe Micheli, who served in the government of Alcide De Gasperi.Presidential Decree n. 17 on February 4, 1947.
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Governments
NamePortraitTerm of office Political party Government Camillo Benso,Count of Cavour(1810–1861) 17 March 1861 6 June 1861 Historical RightCavour IV Luigi Federico Menabrea(1809–1896) 12 June 1861 3 March 1862 Historical RightRicasoli I Carlo Pellion di Persano(1806–1883) 3 March 1862 8 December 1862 MilitaryRattazzi I Giovanni Ricci(1813–1892) 8 December 1862 22 January 1863 MilitaryFarini Orazio Di Negro(1810–1872) 25 January 1863 20 April 1863 MilitaryFariniMinghetti I Efisio Cugia(1818–1872) 20 April 1863 28 September 1864 MilitaryMinghetti I Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora(1804–1878) 28 September 1864 21 December 1864 Historical RightLa Marmora II Diego Angioletti(1822–1905) 21 December 1864 20 June 1866 MilitaryLa Marmora II·III Agostino Depretis(1813–1887) 20 June 1866 17 February 1867 Historical LeftRicasoli II Giuseppe Biancheri(1821–1908) 17 February 1867 10 April 1867 Historical Right Federico Pescetto 10 April 1867 27 October 1867 Historical RightRattazzi II Luigi Federico Menabrea(1809–1896) 27 October 1867 18 November 1867 Historical RightMenabrea I Pompeo Provana del Sabbione(1816–1884) 18 November 1867 5 January 1868 Military Augusto Riboty(1816–1888) 5 January 1868 14 December 1869 MilitaryMenabrea II·III Stefano Castagnola(1825–1891) 14 December 1869 15 January 1870 Historical RightLanza Guglielmo Acton(1825–1896) 15 January 1870 5 August 1872 Military Augusto Riboty(1816–1888) 5 August 1872 10 July 1873 Military Simone Antonio Saint-Bon(1828–1892) 10 July 1873 25 March 1876 MilitaryMinghetti II Benedetto Brin(1828–1892) 25 March 1876 24 March 1878 MilitaryDepretis I·II Enrico Di Brocchetti(1817–1885) 24 March 1878 24 August 1878 Historical LeftCairoli I Benedetto Brin(1828–1892) 24 August 1878 19 December 1878 Military Niccolò Ferracciù(1815–1892) 19 December 1878 14 July 1878 Historical LeftDepretis III Cesare Bonelli(1821–1904) 14 July 1878 25 November 1879 MilitaryCairoli II Ferdinando Acton(1832–1891) 25 November 1879 17 November 1883 MilitaryCairoli IIIDepretis IV·V Andrea Del Santo(1830–1905) 17 November 1883 30 March 1884 MilitaryDepretis V Benedetto Brin(1828–1892) 30 March 1884 6 February 1891 MilitaryDepretis VI·VII·VIIICrispi I·II Antonio Starabba,Marchese di Rudinì(1839–1908) 6 February 1891 15 February 1891 Historical RightRudinì ISimone Antonio Saint-Bon(1828–1892)15 February 1891 28 September 1892MilitaryDi Rudinì IGiolitti I Benedetto Brin(1828–1892) 28 September 1892 8 December 1892 MilitaryGiolitti I Carlo Alberto Racchia(1833–1896) 8 December 1892 15 December 1893 Military Enrico Morin(1841–1910) 15 December 1893 10 March 1896 MilitaryCrispi III·IV Benedetto Brin(1828–1892) 10 March 1896 24 May 1898 MilitaryDi Rudinì II·III·IV Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano(1830–1906) 24 May 1898 1 June 1898 MilitaryDi Rudinì IV Felice Napoleone Canevaro(1838–1926) 1 June 1898 29 June 1898 MilitaryRudinì V Giuseppe Palumbo(1840–1913) 29 June 1898 14 May 1899 MilitaryPelloux I Giovanni Bettolo(1846–1916) 14 May 1899 24 June 1900 MilitaryPelloux II Enrico Morin(1841–1910) 24 June 1900 22 April 1903 MilitarySaraccoZanardelli Giovanni Bettolo(1846–1916) 22 April 1903 21 June 1903 MilitaryZanardelli Enrico Morin(1841–1910) 21 June 1903 3 September 1903 Military Giovanni Giolitti(1842–1928) 3 September 1903 9 November 1903 Historical LeftGiolitti II Carlo Mirabello(1847–1910) 9 November 1903 10 December 1909 MilitaryGiolitti IIFortis I·IISonnino IGiolitti III Giovanni Bettolo(1846–1916) 11 December 1909 31 March 1910 MilitarySonnino IIPasquale Leonardi Cattolica(1854–1924)31 March 1910 29 July 1913MilitarySonnino IIGiolitti IV Enrico Millo(1865–1930) 29 July 1913 13 July 1914 MilitaryGiolitti IVSalandra I Leone Viale(1851–1918) 13 July 1914 24 September 1915 MilitarySalandra I·II Camillo Corsi(1860–1921) 30 September 1915 16 June 1917 MilitarySalandra IIBoselli Arturo Triangi di Maderno e Laces(1864–1935) 16 June 1917 16 July 1917 MilitaryBoselli Alberto Del Bono(1856–1932) 16 July 1917 23 June 1919 MilitaryBoselliOrlando Giovanni Sechi(1871–1948) 23 June 1919 4 July 1921 MilitaryNitti I·IIGiolitti V Eugenio Bergamasco(1858–1940) 4 July 1921 26 February 1921 LiberalsBonomi I Roberto De Vito(1867–1959) 26 February 28 October 1922 Social DemocracyFacta I·II Paolo Thaon di Revel(1859–1948) 28 October 1922 8 May 1925 MilitaryMussolini Benito Mussolini(1883–1945) 8 May 1925 12 September 1929 National Fascist Party Giuseppe Sirianni(1874–1955) 12 September 1929 1 January 1933 National Fascist Party Benito Mussolini(1883–1945) 1 January 1933 25 July 1943 National Fascist PartyRaffaele de Courten(1888–1978)28 July 1943 14 July 1946MilitaryBadoglio IBadoglio IIBonomi II·IIIParriDe Gasperi I
Italian Republic NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical partyGovernment Giuseppe Micheli(1874–1948) 14 July 1946 4 February 1947 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi
See also Minister of the Air Force (Italy) Minister of Defence (Italy) Minister of War (Italy)
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