This is a list of Italian ministers of public education () since the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names, in fact this ministry has changed name many times. The minister of public education leads the Ministry of Public Education.
The current minister is Giuseppe Valditara, a member of the League who is serving since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.Giuseppe Valditara, chi è il nuovo ministro dell’Istruzione e del Merito. Il Sole 24 Ore
List of public education ministers Parties: 1946–1994:
1994–present
Coalitions:
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of Public EducationGuido Gonella13 July 1946 26 July 1951Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi II·IIIDe Gasperi IV·V·VI Antonio Segni 26 July 1951 16 July 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VII Giuseppe Bettiol 16 July 1953 17 August 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VIII Antonio Segni 17 August 1953 18 January 1954 Christian DemocracyPella Egidio Tosato 18 January 1954 10 February 1954 Christian DemocracyFanfani I Gaetano Martino 10 February 1954 19 September 1954 Italian Liberal PartyScelba Giuseppe Ermini 19 September 1954 6 July 1955 Christian Democracy Paolo Rossi 6 July 1955 19 May 1957 Italian Democratic Socialist PartySegni I Aldo Moro 19 May 1957 16 February 1959 Christian DemocracyZoliFanfani II Giuseppe Medici 16 February 1959 26 July 1960 Christian DemocracySegni IITambroni Giacinto Bosco 26 July 1960 21 February 1962 Christian DemocracyFanfani IIILuigi Gui21 February 1962 24 June 1968Christian DemocracyFanfani IVLeone IMoro I·II·III Giovanni Battista Scaglia 24 June 1968 12 December 1968 Christian DemocracyLeone II Fiorentino Sullo 12 December 1968 24 February 1969 Christian DemocracyRumor IMario Ferrari Aggradi24 February 1969 27 March 1970Christian DemocracyRumor IRumor IIRiccardo Misasi27 March 1970 26 June 1972Christian DemocracyRumor IIIColomboAndreotti I Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 26 June 1972 7 July 1973 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IIFranco Maria Malfatti7 July 1973 11 March 1978 Christian DemocracyRumor IV·VMoro IV·VAndreotti III Mario Pedini 11 March 1978 20 March 1979 Christian DemocracyAndreotti IV Giovanni Spadolini 20 March 1979 4 August 1979 Italian Republican PartyAndreotti V Salvatore Valitutti 4 August 1979 4 April 1980 Italian Liberal PartyCossiga I Adolfo Sarti 4 April 1980 18 October 1980 Christian DemocracyCossiga IIGuido Bodrato18 October 1980 1 December 1982Christian DemocracyForlaniSpadolini I·IIFranca Falcucci1 December 1982 29 July 1987Christian DemocracyFanfani VCraxi I·IIFanfani VI Giovanni Galloni 29 July 1987 22 July 1989 Christian DemocracyGoriaDe Mita Sergio Mattarella 22 July 1989 27 July 1990 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI Gerardo Bianco 27 July 1990 12 April 1991 Christian Democracy Riccardo Misasi 12 April 1991 28 June 1992 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VIIRosa Russo Iervolino28 June 1992 10 May 1994Christian Democracy /Italian People's PartyAmato ICiampi Francesco D'Onofrio 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 Christian Democratic Centre Berlusconi I Giancarlo Lombardi 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 Independent DiniMinister of Education, University and Research Luigi Berlinguer 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Democratic Party of the LeftProdi IMinister of Public Education Luigi Berlinguer 21 October 1998 25 April 2000 Democrats of the LeftD'Alema I·II Tullio De Mauro 25 April 2000 11 June 2001 Independent Amato IIMinister of Education, University and Research Letizia Moratti 11 June 2001 17 May 2006 Forza ItaliaBerlusconi II·IIIMinister of Public Education Giuseppe Fioroni 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 The Daisy /Democratic PartyProdi IIMinister of Education, University and Research Mariastella Gelmini 8 May 2008 16 November 2011 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV Francesco Profumo 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 IndependentMonti Maria Chiara Carrozza 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 Democratic PartyLetta Stefania Giannini 22 February 2014 12 December 2016 Civic Choice /Democratic PartyRenzi Valeria Fedeli 12 December 2016 1 June 2018 Democratic PartyGentiloni Marco Bussetti 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 IndependentConte I Lorenzo Fioramonti 5 September 2019 25 December 2019 Five Star MovementConte II Giuseppe Conte 25 December 2019 10 January 2020 IndependentMinister of Education Lucia Azzolina 10 January 2020 13 February 2021 Five Star MovementConte II Patrizio Bianchi 13 February 2021 22 October 2022 IndependentDraghiMinister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara 22 October 2022 Incumbent LeagueMeloni
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