Minister of Economic Development (Italy)

Minister for Business and Made in Italy
Ministro per le Imprese e il Made in Italy
Incumbent Adolfo Urso since October 22, 2022
Ministry of Economic Development
Member of	Council of Ministers High Council of Defence
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	July 13, 1946 (1946-07-13)
First holder	Rodolfo Morandi
Website	www.mise.gov.it

The Minister of Economic Development, whose official name since 2022 is Minister for Business and Made in Italy, is the head of the Ministry of Economic Development in Italy. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names, in fact this minister has changed name many times.

The current minister is Adolfo Urso, appointed on 22 October 2022 by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

List of ministers

Parties:

• 1946–1994:
  •   Italian Socialist Party
  •   Christian Democracy
  •   Socialist Party of Italian Workers / Italian Democratic Socialist Party
  •   Italian Liberal Party
  •   Italian Republican Party
  •   Independent
• 1994–present:
  •   Northern League / League
  •   People's Party
  •   Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left
  •   Forza Italia / The People of Freedom
  •   Democratic Party
  •   Five Star Movement
  •   Brothers of Italy
  •   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 Industry and Commerce
	Rodolfo Morandi (1903–1955)	13 July 1946	31 May 1947	322 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Gasperi II·III
	Giuseppe Togni (1903–1981)	31 May 1947	15 December 1947	198 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi IV
	Roberto Tremelloni (1900–1987)	15 December 1947	23 May 1948	160 days		Socialist Party of Italian Workers
	Ivan Matteo Lombardo (1902–1980)	23 May 1948	7 November 1949	1 year, 168 days		Socialist Party of Italian Workers	De Gasperi V
	Giovanni Battista Bertone (1874–1969)	7 November 1949	27 January 1950	81 days		Christian Democracy
	Giuseppe Togni (1903–1981)	27 January 1950	26 July 1951	1 year, 180 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VI
	Pietro Campilli (1891–1974)	26 July 1951	16 July 1953	1 year, 355 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VII
	Silvio Gava (1901–1999)	16 July 1953	17 August 1953	32 days		Christian Democracy	De Gasperi VIII
	Piero Malvestiti (1899–1964)	17 August 1953	18 January 1954	170 days		Christian Democracy	Pella
	Salvatore Aldisio (1890–1964)	18 January 1954	10 February 1954	23 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani I
	Bruno Villabruna (1884–1971)	10 February 1954	6 July 1955	1 year, 146 days		Italian Liberal Party	Scelba
	Guido Cortese (1908–1964)	6 July 1955	19 May 1957	1 year, 322 days		Italian Liberal Party	Segni I
	Silvio Gava (1901–1999)	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	1 year, 43 days		Christian Democracy	Zoli
	Giorgio Bo (1905–1980)	1 July 1958	16 February 1959	230 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani II
	Emilio Colombo (1920–2013)	16 February 1959	21 June 1963	4 years, 125 days		Christian Democracy	Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III·IV
	Giuseppe Togni (1903–1981)	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	166 days		Christian Democracy	Leone I
	Giuseppe Medici (1907–2000)	4 December 1963	5 March 1965	1 year, 91 days		Christian Democracy	Moro I·II
	Edgardo Lami Starnuti (1887–1968)	5 March 1965	23 February 1966	355 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Moro II
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts
	Giulio Andreotti (1919–2013)	23 February 1966	12 December 1968	2 years, 293 days		Christian Democracy	Moro III
							Leone II
	Mario Tanassi (1916–2007)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Rumor I
	Domenico Magrì (1903–1983)	5 August 1969	27 March 1970	234 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor II
	Silvio Gava (1901–1999)	27 March 1970	26 June 1972	2 years, 91 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor III Colombo
							Andreotti I
	Mauro Ferri (1920–2015)	26 July 1972	7 July 1973	346 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti II
	Ciriaco De Mita (1928–2022)	7 July 1973	23 November 1974	1 year, 139 days		Christian Democracy	Rumor IV·V
	Carlo Donat-Cattin (1919–1991)	23 November 1974	25 November 1978	4 years, 2 days		Christian Democracy	Moro IV·V Andreotti III·IV
	Romano Prodi (1939– )	25 November 1978	20 March 1979	115 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti IV
	Franco Nicolazzi (1924–2015)	20 March 1979	4 August 1979	137 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Andreotti V
	Antonio Bisaglia (1929–1984)	4 August 1979	20 December 1980	1 year, 138 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga I
							Cossiga II Forlani
	Filippo Maria Pandolfi (1927– )	20 December 1980	28 June 1981	190 days		Christian Democracy	Forlani
	Giovanni Marcora (1922–1983)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 156 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
	Filippo Maria Pandolfi (1927– )	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani V
	Renato Altissimo (1940–2015)	4 August 1983	1 August 1986	2 years, 362 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi I
	Valerio Zanone (1936–2016)	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Liberal Party	Craxi II
	Franco Piga (1927–1990)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	102 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
	Adolfo Battaglia (1930– )	29 July 1987	12 April 1991	3 years, 257 days		Italian Republican Party	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI
	Guido Bodrato (1933–2023)	12 April 1991	28 June 1992	1 year, 77 days		Christian Democracy	Andreotti VII
	Giuseppe Guarino (1922–2020)	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	304 days		Christian Democracy	Amato I
	Paolo Savona (1936– )	28 April 1993	19 April 1994	356 days		Independent	Ciampi
	Paolo Baratta (1939– )	19 April 1994	10 May 1994	21 days		Independent
	Vito Gnutti (1939–2008)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	304 days		Northern League	Berlusconi I
	Alberto Clò (1947– )	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	1 year, 121 days		Independent	Dini
	Pier Luigi Bersani (1951– )	17 May 1996	22 December 1999	3 years, 219 days		Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left	Prodi I D'Alema I
	Enrico Letta (1966– )	22 December 1999	11 June 2001	1 year, 171 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II Amato II
Minister of Productive Activities
	Antonio Marzano (1935– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi II
	Claudio Scajola (1948– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi III
Minister of Economic Development
	Pier Luigi Bersani (1951– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Claudio Scajola (1948– )	8 May 2008	4 May 2010	1 year, 361 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) As Prime Minister	4 May 2010	4 October 2010	153 days		The People of Freedom
	Paolo Romani (1947– )	4 October 2010	16 November 2011	1 year, 43 days		The People of Freedom
	Corrado Passera (1954– )	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Flavio Zanonato (1950– )	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
	Federica Guidi (1969– )	22 February 2014	5 April 2016	2 years, 43 days		Independent	Renzi
	Matteo Renzi (1975– ) As Prime Minister	5 April 2016	10 May 2016	35 days		Democratic Party
	Carlo Calenda (1973– )	10 May 2016	1 June 2018	2 years, 22 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 Economic Development
	Stefano Patuanelli (1974– )	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Five Star Movement	Conte II
	Giancarlo Giorgetti (1966– )	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		League	Draghi
Minister for Business and Made in Italy
	Adolfo Urso (1957– )	22 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 26 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni

Timeline

External links

• Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Official website of the Ministry of Economic Development