Minister of the Environment (Italy)

This is a list of ministers of the environment, a senior member of the Italian government who leads the Ministry of the Ecological Transition. 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 current title is Minister of the Environment and Energy Security.

Minister of the Environment and Energy Security
Ministro dell'Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica
Incumbent Gilberto Pichetto Fratin since 22 October 2022
Ministry for Ecological Transition
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)
First holder	Alfredo Biondi
Website	www.mite.gov.it

The current office holder is Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, a member of Forza Italia, who is serving in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 22 October 2022.

List of ministers

Parties

• 1983–1994:
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   National Alliance
  •   Federation of the Greens
  •   The Democrats
  •   The People of Freedom / Forza Italia
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1983–1994:
  •   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 Ecology
	Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	4 August 1983	30 July 1984	361 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi I
	Valerio Zanone (1936–2016)	30 July 1984	1 August 1986	2 years, 2 days		Italian Liberal Party
Minister of the Environment
	Francesco De Lorenzo (1938– )	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi II
	Mario Pavan (1918–2003)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Independent	Fanfani VI
	Giorgio Ruffolo (1926–2023)	29 July 1987	28 June 1992	4 years, 335 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI·VII
	Carlo Ripa di Meana (1929–2018)	28 June 1992	9 March 1993	254 days		Italian Socialist Party	Amato I
	Valdo Spini (1946– )	9 March 1993	28 April 1993	1 year, 50 days		Italian Socialist Party
	Francesco Rutelli (1954– )	28 April 1993	4 May 1993	6 days		Federation of the Greens	Ciampi
	Valdo Spini (1946– )	4 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 6 days		Italian Socialist Party
	Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi I
	Paolo Baratta (1939– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
	Edo Ronchi (1950– )	17 May 1996	25 April 2000	3 years, 347 days		Federation of the Greens	Prodi I D'Alema I·II
	Willer Bordon (1949–2015)	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		The Democrats	Amato II
Minister of Environment and Land Protection
	Altero Matteoli (1940–2017)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		National Alliance	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (1959– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Federation of the Greens	Prodi II
	Stefania Prestigiacomo (1966– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Corrado Clini (1947– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Andrea Orlando (1969– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
	Gian Luca Galletti (1961– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Union of the Centre / Centrists for Europe	Renzi Gentiloni
	Sergio Costa (1959– )	1 June 2018	13 February 2021	2 years, 257 days		Independent	Conte I·II
Minister for Ecological Transition
	Roberto Cingolani (1961– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Independent	Draghi
Minister of Environment and Energy Security
	Gilberto Pichetto Fratin (1954– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 60 days		Forza Italia	Meloni

Timeline

External links

• Ministero dell'Ambiente, Official website of the Ministry of the Environment