Minister of Public Education (Italy)

This is a list of Italian ministers of public education (Italian: Ministri della Pubblica Istruzione) 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 Education, Universities and Research.

Minister of Education and Merit
Ministro dell'Istruzione e del Merito
Incumbent Giuseppe Valditara since 22 October 2022
Ministry of Public Education
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	13 July 1946 (1946-07-13)
First holder	Guido Gonella
Website	www.miur.gov.it

The current minister is Giuseppe Valditara, a member of the League who is serving since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

List of public education ministers

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •   Italian Republican Party
• 1994–present
  •   Christian Democratic Centre
  •   Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   League
  •   Independent

Coalitions:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Centrist coalition
  •   Organic Centre-left
  •   Pentapartito/Quadripartito
  •   Mixed coalition
• 1994–present:
  •   Centre-right coalition
  •   Centre-left coalition
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Public Education
	Guido Gonella (1905–1982)	13 July 1946	26 July 1951	5 years, 13 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi II·III
							De Gasperi IV·V·VI
	Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII
	Giuseppe Bettiol (1907–1982)	16 July 1953	17 August 1953	32 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VIII
	Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	17 August 1953	18 January 1954	154 days		Christian Democracy	Pella
	Egidio Tosato (1902–1984)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
	Gaetano Martino (1900–1967)	10 February 1954	19 September 1954	221 days		Italian Liberal Party	Scelba
	Giuseppe Ermini (1900–1981)	19 September 1954	6 July 1955	290 days		Christian Democracy
	Paolo Rossi (1900–1985)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 317 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Segni I
	Aldo Moro (1916–1978)	19 May 1957	16 February 1959	1 year, 273 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli Fanfani II
	Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	16 February 1959	26 July 1960	1 year, 161 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni
	Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	26 July 1960	21 February 1962	1 year, 210 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III
	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	21 February 1962	24 June 1968	6 years, 124 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani IV Leone I
							Moro I·II·III
	Giovanni Battista Scaglia (1910–2006)	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	171 days		Christian Democracy	Leone II
	Fiorentino Sullo (1921–2000)	12 December 1968	24 February 1969	74 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
	Mario Ferrari Aggradi (1916–1997)	24 February 1969	27 March 1970	1 year, 31 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor I
							Rumor II
	Riccardo Misasi (1931–2000)	27 March 1970	26 June 1972	2 years, 91 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor III Colombo
							Andreotti I
	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918–2012)	26 June 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 11 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti II
	Franco Maria Malfatti (1927–1991)	7 July 1973	11 March 1978	4 years, 247 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
							Moro IV·V Andreotti III
	Mario Pedini (1918–2003)	11 March 1978	20 March 1979	1 year, 9 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV
	Giovanni Spadolini (1925–1994)	20 March 1979	4 August 1979	137 days		Italian Republican Party	Andreotti V
	Salvatore Valitutti (1907–1992)	4 August 1979	4 April 1980	244 days		Italian Liberal Party	Cossiga I
	Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992)	4 April 1980	18 October 1980	197 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga II
	Guido Bodrato (1933–2023)	18 October 1980	1 December 1982	2 years, 44 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
							Spadolini I·II
	Franca Falcucci (1926–2014)	1 December 1982	29 July 1987	4 years, 229 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V Craxi I·II
							Fanfani VI
	Giovanni Galloni (1927–2018)	29 July 1987	22 July 1989	1 year, 358 days		Christian Democracy	Goria De Mita
	Sergio Mattarella (1941–)	22 July 1989	27 July 1990	1 year, 5 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
	Gerardo Bianco (1931–2022)	27 July 1990	12 April 1991	259 days		Christian Democracy
	Riccardo Misasi (1931–2000)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
	Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936–)	28 June 1992	10 May 1994	1 year, 316 days		Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party	Amato I
							Ciampi
	Francesco D'Onofrio (1939–)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Christian Democratic Centre	Berlusconi I
	Giancarlo Lombardi (1937–2017)	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
Minister of Education, University and Research
	Luigi Berlinguer (1932–2023)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days		Democratic Party of the Left	Prodi I
Minister of Public Education
	Luigi Berlinguer (1932–2023)	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	1 year, 187 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I·II
	Tullio De Mauro (1932–2017)	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Independent	Amato II
Minister of Education, University and Research
	Letizia Moratti (1949–)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Public Education
	Giuseppe Fioroni (1958–)	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
Minister of Education, University and Research
	Mariastella Gelmini (1973–)	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Francesco Profumo (1953– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Maria Chiara Carrozza (1965–)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
	Stefania Giannini (1960–)	22 February 2014	12 December 2016	2 years, 294 days		Civic Choice / Democratic Party	Renzi
	Valeria Fedeli (1949–)	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
	Marco Bussetti (1962– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Independent	Conte I
	Lorenzo Fioramonti (1977– )	5 September 2019	25 December 2019	111 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Giuseppe Conte (1964– ) As Prime Minister	25 December 2019	10 January 2020	16 days		Independent
Minister of Education
	Lucia Azzolina (1982– )	10 January 2020	13 February 2021	1 year, 34 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Patrizio Bianchi (1952– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Independent	Draghi
Minister of Education and Merit
	Giuseppe Valditara (1961– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 62 days		League	Meloni

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