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Minister of War (Italy)

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The Minister of War of Italy (Italian: Ministri della guerra del Regno d'Italia), was the minister responsible for the Ministry of War, which in turn oversaw the Royal Italian Army under the Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1946 and the Italian Army under the Italian Republic from 1946 to 1947. The position was abolished in 1947 when the Ministry of War, Ministry of the Navy, and Ministry of Aeronautics were merged to form the Ministry of Defence under the oversight of the new position of Minister of Defence.

Minister of War
Ministro della guerra
War flag
Longest serving
Benito Mussolini
4 April 1925–12 September 1929
22 July 1933–25 July 1943
Ministry of War
Member ofCouncil of Ministers
SeatRome
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation17 March 1861 (1861-03-17)
First holderManfredo Fanti
Final holderCipriano Facchinetti
Abolished14 February 1947 (1947-02-14)
SuccessionMinister of Defence

The first Minister of War was Manfredo Fanti, a general of the Royal Italian Army, while the last one was Cipriano Facchinetti, a member of the Italian Republican Party. The longest-serving minister was the fascist dictator Prime Minister Benito Mussolini of the National Fascist Party.

List of ministers

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Kingdom of Italy

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Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
  Manfredo Fanti
(1806–1865) 		23 March 1861 12 June 1861 81 days Military Cavour IV [1]
  Bettino Ricasoli
(1809–1880)
As Prime Minister 		12 June 1861 5 September 1861 85 days Historical Right Ricasoli I [2]
  Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864) 		5 September 1861 3 March 1862 179 days Military [2]
  Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890) 		4 March 1862 8 December 1862 279 days Military Rattazzi I [3]
  Alessandro Della Rovere
(1815–1864) 		8 December 1862 28 September 1864 1 year, 295 days Military Farini
Minghetti I 		[4][5]
  Agostino Petitti Bagliani
(1814–1890) 		28 September 1864 31 December 1865 1 year, 125 days Military La Marmora II [6]
  Ignazio De Genova
(1813–1896) 		31 December 1865 22 August 1866 234 days Military La Marmora III [6][7]
Ricasoli II
  Efisio Cugia
(1818–1872) 		22 August 1866 10 April 1867 231 days Military Ricasoli II [7]
  Genova Giovanni Thaon di Revel
(1817–1910) 		10 April 1867 27 October 1867 200 days Military Rattazzi II [8]
  Ettore Bertolè-Viale
(1829–1892) 		27 October 1867 14 December 1869 2 years, 48 days Military Menabrea I·II·III [9][10]
[11]
  Giuseppe Govone
(1825–1872) 		14 December 1869 7 September 1870 267 days Military Lanza [12]
  Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		7 September 1870 20 November 1876 6 years, 74 days Military Lanza
Minghetti II
Depretis I
  Luigi Mezzacapo
(1814–1885) 		20 November 1876 24 March 1878 1 year, 124 days Military Depretis I·II [13][14]
  Giovanni Bruzzo
(1824–1890) 		24 March 1878 24 October 1878 214 days Military Cairoli I [15]
  Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904) 		24 October 1878 19 December 1878 61 days Military [15]
  Gustavo Mazè de la Roche
(1824–1886) 		19 December 1878 14 July 1879 207 days Military Depretis III [16]
  Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904) 		14 July 1879 13 July 1880 365 days Military Cairoli II·III [17][18]
  Ferdinando Acton
(1832–1891) 		13 July 1880 27 July 1880 14 days Military Ciaroli III [18]
  Bernardino Milon
(1829–1881) 		27 July 1880 25 March 1881 241 days Military [18]
  Emilio Ferrero
(1819–1887) 		25 March 1881 24 May 1884 3 years, 60 days Military Cairoli III
Depretis IV·V·VI 		[18][19]
[20][21]
  Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		24 May 1884 4 April 1887 2 years, 315 days Military Depretis VI·VII [21][22]
  Ettore Bertolè-Viale
(1829–1892) 		4 April 1887 6 February 1891 3 years, 308 days Military Depretis VIII
Crispi I·II 		[23][24]
[25]
  Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924) 		6 February 1891 15 December 1893 2 years, 312 days Military Di Rudinì I [26][27]
Giolitti I
  Stanislao Mocenni
(1837–1907) 		15 December 1893 10 March 1896 2 years, 86 days Military Crispi III·IV [28]

[29]

  Cesare Ricotti-Magnani
(1822–1917) 		10 March 1896 11 July 1896 123 days Military Di Rudinì II [30]
  Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924) 		11 July 1896 14 December 1897 1 year, 156 days Military Di Rudinì III [31]
  Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano
(1830–1906) 		14 December 1897 14 May 1899 1 year, 151 days Military Di Rudinì IV [32][33]
Pelloux I
  Giuseppe Mirri
(1834–1907) 		14 May 1899 7 January 1900 238 days Military Pelloux II [34]
  Luigi Pelloux
(1839–1924)
As Prime Minister 		7 January 1900 7 April 1900 90 days Military [34]
  Coriolano Ponza
di San Martino
(1842–1926) 		7 April 1900 27 April 1902 2 years, 20 days Military Pelloux II
Saracco
Zanardelli 		[34][35]
  Enrico Morin
(1841–1910) 		27 April 1902 14 May 1902 17 days Military Zanardelli [36]
  Giuseppe Ottolenghi
(1838–1904) 		14 May 1902 3 November 1903 1 year, 173 days Military [36]
  Ettore Pedotti
(1842–1919) 		3 November 1903 24 December 1905 2 years, 51 days Military Giolitti II
Tittoni
Fortis I 		[37][38]
[39]
  Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano
(1841–1918) 		24 December 1905 29 May 1906 156 days Military Fortis II
Sonnino I 		[40][41]
  Giuseppe Ettore Viganò
(1843–1933) 		29 May 1906 29 December 1907 1 year, 214 days Military Giolitti III [42]
  Severino Casana
(1842–1912) 		29 December 1907 11 December 1909 1 year, 347 days Historical Right [42]
  Paolo Spingardi
(1845–1918) 		11 December 1909 21 March 1914 4 years, 100 days Military Sonnino II
Luzzatti 		[43][44]
[45]
Giolitti IV
  Domenico Grandi
(1849–1937) 		21 March 1914 10 October 1914 203 days Military Salandra I [46]
  Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945) 		10 October 1914 4 April 1916 1 year, 177 days Military Salandra I·II [46][47]
  Paolo Morrone
(1854–1937) 		4 April 1916 16 June 1917 1 year, 73 days Military Salandra II
Boselli 		[47][48]
  Gaetano Giardino
(1864–1935) 		16 June 1917 30 October 1917 136 days Military Boselli [48]
  Vittorio Luigi Alfieri
(1863–1918) 		30 October 1917 21 March 1918 139 days Military Orlando
  Vittorio Italico Zupelli
(1859–1945) 		21 March 1918 18 January 1919 303 days Military [49]
  Enrico Caviglia
(1862–1945) 		18 January 1919 23 June 1919 156 days Military [49]
  Alberico Albricci
(1864–1936) 		24 June 1919 14 March 1920 264 days Military Nitti I [50]
  Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951) 		14 March 1920 21 May 1920 68 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party [50]
  Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946) 		21 May 1920 15 June 1920 25 days Italian People's Party Nitti II [51]
  Ivanoe Bonomi
(1873–1951) 		15 June 1920 2 April 1921 291 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Giolitti V [52]
  Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946) 		2 April 1921 4 July 1921 95 days Italian People's Party [52]
  Luigi Gasparotto
(1873–1954) 		4 July 1921 26 February 1922 237 days Italian Reformist Socialist Party Bonomi I [53]
  Pietro Lanza di Scalea
(1863–1938) 		26 February 1922 1 August 1922 156 days Agrarian Party Facta I [54]
  Marcello Soleri
(1882–1945) 		1 August 1922 31 October 1922 91 days Liberal Union Facta II [55]
  Armando Diaz
(1861–1928) 		31 October 1922 30 April 1924 1 year, 182 days Military Mussolini [56]
  Antonino Di Giorgio
(1867–1932) 		30 April 1924 4 April 1925 339 days National Fascist Party [56]
  Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister 		4 April 1925 12 September 1929 4 years, 159 days National Fascist Party [56]
  Pietro Gazzera
(1879–1953) 		12 September 1929 22 July 1933 3 years, 313 days National Fascist Party [56]
  Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
As Prime Minister 		22 July 1933 25 July 1943 10 years, 3 days National Fascist Party [56]
  Antonio Sorice
(1897–1971) 		28 July 1943 11 February 1944 198 days Military Badoglio I [57]
  Taddeo Orlando
(1885–1950) 		11 February 1944 18 June 1944 128 days Military Badoglio I·II
  Alessandro Casati
(1881–1955) 		18 June 1944 21 June 1945 1 year, 3 days Italian Liberal Party Bonomi II·III
  Stefano Jacini
(1886–1952) 		21 June 1945 10 December 1945 172 days Christian Democracy Parri [58]
  Manlio Brosio
(1897–1980) 		10 December 1945 13 July 1946 198 days Italian Liberal Party De Gasperi I [59]

Republic of Italy

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Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Party Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
  Cipriano Facchinetti
(1889–1952) 		13 July 1946 4 February 1947 206 days Italian Republican Party De Gasperi II [60]
Minister of Defence (see list)

See also

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References

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