Minister of Labour and Social Policies

This is a list of ministers of labour and social policies, a senior member of the Italian government who leads the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies. 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.

Minister of Labour and Social Policies
Ministro del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali
Incumbent Marina Calderone since October 22, 2022
Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	June 3, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-06-03)
First holder	Mario Abbiate
Website	www.lavoro.gov.it

The current minister is Marina Calderone, and independent, who served since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.^[1]

List of ministers

Kingdom of Italy

Parties

• 1920–1924:
  •   Italian Radical Party
  •   Italian Reformist Socialist Party
  •   Italian People's Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
• 1924–1943:
  •   National Fascist Party
• 1943–1946:
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Independent

Coalitions

• 1920–1922:
  •   Liberal coalition
• 1922–1943:
  •   Fascist
• 1943–1946:
  •   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
Minister of Labour and Social Security
	Mario Abbiate (1887–1954)	3 June 1920	15 June 1920	12 days		Italian Radical Party	Nitti II
	Arturo Labriola (1873–1959)	15 June 1920	4 July 1921	1 year, 19 days		Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Giolitti V
	Alberto Beneduce (1873–1959)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	237 days		Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I
	Arnaldo Dello Sbarba (1873–1958)	26 February 1922	31 October 1922	247 days		Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Facta I·II
	Stefano Cavazzoni (1881–1951)	31 October 1922	27 April 1923	247 days		Italian People's Party	Mussolini
Minister of National Economy
	Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937)	5 July 1923	1 July 1924	362 days		Italian Liberal Party	Mussolini
	Cesare Nava (1861–1933)	1 July 1924	10 July 1925	1 year, 9 days		National Fascist Party
	Giuseppe Belluzzo (1876–1952)	10 July 1925	9 July 1928	2 years, 365 days		National Fascist Party
	Alessandro Martelli (1876–1934)	9 July 1928	12 September 1929	1 year, 65 days		National Fascist Party
Minister of Corporations
	Giuseppe Bottai (1895–1959)	12 September 1929	20 July 1932	2 years, 312 days		National Fascist Party	Mussolini
	Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) As Prime Minister	20 July 1932	11 June 1936	3 years, 327 days		National Fascist Party
	Ferruccio Lantini (1886–1958)	11 June 1936	31 October 1939	3 years, 142 days		National Fascist Party
	Renato Ricci (1896–1956)	31 October 1939	6 February 1943	3 years, 98 days		National Fascist Party
	Carlo Tiengo (1892–1945)	6 February 1943	19 April 1943	72 days		National Fascist Party
	Tullio Cianetti (1899–1976)	19 April 1943	25 July 1943	97 days		National Fascist Party
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labour
	Leopoldo Piccardi (1899–1974)	25 July 1943	16 November 1943	114 days		Independent	Badoglio I
	Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984)	11 February 1944	24 April 1944	73 days		Italian Liberal Party
	Attilio Di Napoli (1883–1953)	24 April 1944	18 June 1944	55 days		Italian Socialist Party	Badoglio II
	Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978)	18 June 1944	21 June 1945	1 year, 3 days		Christian Democracy	Bonomi II·III
Minister of Labour and Social Security
	Gaetano Barbareschi (1889–1963)	21 June 1945	13 July 1946	1 year, 22 days		Italian Socialist Party	Parri De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties

• 1946–1994:
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Italian Democratic Socialist Party
• 1994–present:
  •   Christian Democratic Centre
  •   Italian Renewal
  •   Democrats of the Left
  •   Lega Nord
  •   Democratic Party
  •   The People of Freedom
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   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 Labour and Social Security
	Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961)	13 July 1946	2 February 1947	204 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi II
	Giuseppe Romita (1887–1958)	2 February 1947	31 May 1947	118 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi III
	Amintore Fanfani (1908–1999)	31 May 1947	27 January 1950	2 years, 241 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV·V
	Achille Marazza (1894–1967)	27 January 1950	26 July 1951	1 year, 180 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VI
	Leopoldo Rubinacci (1903–1969)	26 July 1951	18 January 1954	2 years, 176 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII·VIII Pella
	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
	Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964)	10 February 1954	19 May 1957	3 years, 98 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Scelba Segni I
	Luigi Gui (1914–2010)	19 May 1957	17 June 1958	1 year, 29 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli
	Adone Zoli (1887–1960) As Prime Minister	17 June 1958	1 July 1958	14 days		Christian Democracy
	Ezio Vigorelli (1892–1964)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Fanfani II
	Benigno Zaccagnini (1912–1989)	16 February 1959	26 July 1960	1 year, 161 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni
	Fiorentino Sullo (1921–2000)	26 July 1960	21 February 1962	1 year, 220 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani III
	Virginio Bertinelli (1901–1973)	21 February 1962	21 June 1963	1 year, 120 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Fanfani IV
	Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
	Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	4 December 1963	22 July 1964	231 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I
	Umberto Delle Fave (1912–1986)	22 July 1964	23 February 1966	1 year, 216 days		Christian Democracy	Moro II
	Giacinto Bosco (1905–1997)	23 February 1966	12 December 1968	2 years, 293 days		Christian Democracy	Moro III
							Leone II
	Giacomo Brodolini (1920–1969)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor I
	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991)	5 August 1969	26 June 1972	2 years, 326 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor II
							Rumor III Colombo
							Andreotti I
	Dionigi Coppo (1921–2003)	26 July 1972	7 July 1973	346 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti II
	Luigi Bertoldi (1920–2001)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Italian Socialist Party	Rumor IV·V
	Mario Toros (1922–2018)	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	1 year, 249 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V
	Tina Anselmi (1927–2016)	29 July 1976	11 March 1978	1 year, 225 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti III
	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	11 March 1978	4 April 1980	2 years, 24 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV·V Cossiga I
	Franco Foschi (1931–2007)	4 April 1980	28 June 1981	1 year, 85 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
	Michele Di Giesi (1927–1983)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 156 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Spadolini I·II
	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
	Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019)	4 August 1983	18 April 1987	3 years, 257 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I·II
	Ermanno Gorrieri (1920–2004)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
	Rino Formica (1927– )	29 July 1987	22 July 1989	1 year, 358 days		Italian Socialist Party	Goria De Mita
	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991)	22 July 1989	17 March 1991	1 year, 238 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VI
	Rosa Russo Iervolino (1936– )	18 March 1991	12 April 1991	25 days		Christian Democracy
	Franco Marini (1933–2021)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
	Nino Cristofori (1930–2015)	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	304 days		Christian Democracy	Amato I
	Gino Giugni (1927–2009)	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 12 days		Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
	Clemente Mastella (1947– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Christian Democratic Centre	Berlusconi I
	Tiziano Treu (1939– )	17 January 1995	21 October 1998	3 years, 277 days		Independent / Italian Renewal	Dini
							Prodi I
	Antonio Bassolino (1947– )	21 October 1998	21 June 1999	243 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I
	Cesare Salvi (1948– )	21 June 1999	11 June 2001	1 year, 355 days		Democrats of the Left	D'Alema I·II Amato II
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
	Roberto Maroni (1955–2022)	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	4 years, 340 days		Lega Nord	Berlusconi II·III
Minister of Labour and Social Security
	Cesare Damiano (1948– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 326 days		Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
	Maurizio Sacconi (1950– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Elsa Fornero (1948– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Enrico Giovannini (1957– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Independent	Letta
	Giuliano Poletti (1951– )	22 February 2014	1 June 2018	4 years, 99 days		Independent / Democratic Party	Renzi Gentiloni
Minister of Economic Development, Labour and Social Policies
	Luigi Di Maio (1986– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I
Minister of Labour and Social Policies
	Nunzia Catalfo (1967– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Andrea Orlando (1969– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Democratic Party	Draghi
	Marina Calderone (1965– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 12 days		Independent	Meloni

Timeline

Kingdom of Italy

Italian Republic

References

1. Il Ministro, Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali