Italian Minister of Defense
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This is a list of Italian Ministers of Defence since 1947.
| Minister | Image | Born - Died | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
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| Luigi Gasparotto Luigi Gasparotto Luigi Gasparotto was an Italian lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, as a senator and four times as a minister, inter alia Italian Minister of Defence in 1947 and Minister of War in 1921-1922. He was one of the founding members of the Labour Democratic Party... |
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1873- 1954 | February 14, 1947 | May 31, 1947 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Mario Cingolani | |
1883 - 1971 | May 31, 1947 | December 15, 1947 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Giuseppe Facchinetti | |
December 15, 1947 | May 23, 1948 | Partito Repubblicano Italiano | |
| Randolfo Pacciardi Randolfo Pacciardi Randolfo Pacciardi was an Italian politician, a member of the Italian Republican Party . He was also an officer who fought during World War I and in the Spanish Civil War.-Biography:... |
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1899 - 1991 | May 23, 1948 | July 7, 1953 | Partito Repubblicano Italiano |
| Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli | |
1913 - 1988 | July 16, 1953 | August 2, 1953 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Paolo Emilio Taviani Paolo Emilio Taviani Paolo Emilio Taviani was an Italian political leader, economist and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus.... |
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1912 - 2001 | August 17, 1953 | July 1, 1958 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Antonio Segni Antonio Segni Antonio Segni was an Italian politician who was the 35th Prime Minister of Italy , and the fourth President of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964... |
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1891 - 1972 | July 1, 1958 | February 15, 1959 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti is an Italian politician of the now dissolved centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior , Defense Minister and Foreign Minister and he... |
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1919 - | February 15, 1959 | February 23, 1966 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Roberto Tremelloni | |
1900 - 1987 | February 23, 1966 | June 24, 1968 | Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano |
| Luigi Gui Luigi Gui Luigi Gui was an Italian politician and philosopher.Gui was born in Padua . He graduated in philosophy at The Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini corps of the Italian Army, and fought in USSR during World War II... |
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1914 - 2010 | June 24, 1968 | March 23, 1970 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Mario Tanassi Mario Tanassi Mario Tanassi was an Italian politician, who was several times Minister of the Italian Republic. In 1979 he was condemned by the Constitutional Court of Italy for his involvement in the Lockheed bribery scandal.-Biography:... |
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1916 - 2007 | March 27, 1970 | February 17, 1972 | Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano |
| Franco Restivo Franco Restivo Francesco Restivo was an Italian politician for the Christian Democrat Party and Minister of the Republic. He was President of the Regional Council of Sicily from 1949-1955 and Minister of the Interior from 1968 to 1972.... |
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1911 - 1976 | February 17, 1972 | June 26, 1972 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Mario Tanassi Mario Tanassi Mario Tanassi was an Italian politician, who was several times Minister of the Italian Republic. In 1979 he was condemned by the Constitutional Court of Italy for his involvement in the Lockheed bribery scandal.-Biography:... |
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1916 - 2007 | July 26, 1972 | March 14, 1974 | Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano |
| Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti is an Italian politician of the now dissolved centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior , Defense Minister and Foreign Minister and he... |
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1919 - | March 14, 1974 | November 23, 1974 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Arnaldo Forlani Arnaldo Forlani This article is about the Italian legislator. For the similar name used as an alias by terrorist Ramzi Yousef for Philippine Airlines Flight 434, see Ramzi Yousef.... |
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1925 - | November 23, 1974 | July 29, 1976 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Vito Lattanzio | |
1926 - | July 29, 1976 | September 18, 1977 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Attilio Ruffini Attilio Ruffini Attilio Ruffini was an Italian politician.Born in Mantua, he was a member of the Christian Democracy... |
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1925 - | September 18, 1977 | January 14, 1980 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Adolfo Sarti | |
1928 - 1992 | January 14, 1980 | April 4, 1980 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Lelio Lagorio Lelio Lagorio -Biography:Lagorio was born in Trieste and was a member of the Italian Socialist Party . He was mayor of Florence in 1964-1965, succeeding Giorgio La Pira, and, later, the first president of Tuscany region .... |
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1925 - | April 4, 1980 | August 4, 1983 | Partito Socialista Italiano |
| Giovanni Spadolini Giovanni Spadolini Giovanni Spadolini was a liberal Italian politician, the 45th Prime Minister of Italy, newspaper editor, journalist and a noted historian.-Biography:Spadolini was born in Florence.... |
1925 - 1994 | August 4, 1983 | April 17, 1987 | Partito Repubblicano Italiano | |
| Remo Gaspari Remo Gaspari Remo Gaspari was an Italian politician, who was several times minister of the Italian Republic.-Biography:Gaspari was born in Gissi, in Abruzzo, a region which would be his main electoral basin during his political career... |
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1921 - | April 17, 1987 | July 28, 1987 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Valerio Zanone Valerio Zanone Valerio Zanone is an Italian politician, who was secretary and president of the Italian Liberal Party. He was also a senator of the Democratic Party.-Biography:Zanone was born in Turin.... |
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1936 - | July 28, 1987 | July 22, 1989 | Partito Liberale Italiano |
| Mino Martinazzoli | |
1931 - | July 22, 1989 | July 27, 1990 | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Virginio Rognoni Virginio Rognoni Virginio Rognoni is an Italian politician, who was a prominent member of Christian Democracy. He was several times Interior Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice... |
1924 - | July 27, 1990 | June 28, 1992 | Democrazia Cristiana | |
| Salvo Andò | |
1945 - | June 28, 1992 | April 28, 1993 | Partito Socialista Italiano |
| Fabio Fabbri | |
1933 - | April 28, 1993 | May 10, 1994 | Partito Socialista Italiano |
| Cesare Previti Cesare Previti Cesare Previti is a former Italian politician.-Biography:Born in Reggio Calabria, he grew up in Rome, where he started practicing law. In 1971 he became acquainted with Silvio Berlusconi, the construction magnate, later to be media mogul and Prime Minister of Italy... |
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1934 - | May 10, 1994 | January 17, 1995 | Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
| Domenico Corcione | |
1929 - | January 17, 1995 | May 17, 1996 | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
| Beniamino Andreatta Beniamino Andreatta Beniamino Andreatta was an Italian economist and politician.He was a leftish Christian Democrat and one of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1994.Andreatta was born in Trento... |
1928 - 2007 | May 17, 1996 | October 21, 1998 | L'Ulivo | |
| Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini is an Italian Italian economist and politician. He is a university professor in applied economics and was chancellor of the Luiss University of Rome .... |
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1944 - | October 21, 1998 | December 22, 1999 | Unione Democratica per la Repubblica Democratic Union for the Republic The Democratic Union for the Republic was a short-lived centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga, Clemente Mastella , Rocco Buttiglione , Mario Segni The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived... |
| Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician.-Life:Mattarella was born in Palermo . He is son of Bernardo Mattarella and brother of Piersanti Mattarella, both politician into Democrazia Cristiana.... |
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1941 - | December 22, 1999 | June 11, 2001 | La Margherita |
| Antonio Martino Antonio Martino Antonio Martino is an Italian politician, who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and Italian Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2006. He is a founding member of Forza Italia, holding party card no. 2.-Career:... |
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1942 - | June 11, 2001 | May 17, 2006 | Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... |
| Arturo Parisi Arturo Parisi Arturo Parisi is an Italian politician, leader of the Ulivist faction of the Democratic Party and four-time member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies... |
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1940 - | May 17, 2006 | May 8, 2008 | Partito Democratico |
| Ignazio La Russa Ignazio La Russa Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician . He became Minister of Defence in the fourth cabinet of Silvio Berlusconi on 8 May 2008... |
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1947 - | May 8, 2008 | November 16, 2011 | People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.... |
| Giampaolo di Paola Giampaolo Di Paola Admiral Giampaolo di Paola is an Italian naval officer who has served in the government of Italy as Minister of Defense since November 2011... |
1944 - | November 16, 2011 | Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W... |
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