The minister of agriculture, food sovereignty and forests is the head of the Republic of Italy's Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests. The ministry had been abolished by legislative referendum in 1993, during a period of great upheaval and financial sacrifices, but it was reconstituted in the same year until it assumed the current name in 2006.
The current minister of the is Francesco Lollobrigida, of the Brothers of Italy party, who he is serving since 22 October 2022, in the government of Giorgia Meloni.
List of ministers of agriculture Kingdom of Italy Parties:
Coalitions:
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of Agriculture Giovanni Ranieri18 June 191630 October 1917 Liberal UnionBoselli Giambattista Miliani30 October 191717 January 1919 Liberal UnionOrlando Vincenzo Riccio17 January 191923 June 1919 Liberal Union Achille Visocchi23 June 191914 March 1920 Democratic Liberal PartyNitti I Alfredo Falcioni14 March 192021 May 1920 Democratic Liberal Party Giuseppe Micheli21 May 19204 July 1921 Italian People's PartyNitti IGiolitti V Angelo Mauri4 July 192126 February 1922 Italian People's PartyBonomi I Giovanni Bertini26 February 192231 October 1922 Italian People's PartyFacta I·II Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago31 October 19225 July 1923 Italian Liberal PartyMussoliniOffice not in use1923–1929Minister of Agriculture and ForestsGiacomo Acerbo 12 September 192924 January 1935 National Fascist PartyMussoliniEdmondo Rossoni 24 January 193531 October 1939 National Fascist PartyGiuseppe Tassinari 31 October 193926 December 1941 National Fascist PartyCarlo Pareschi 26 December 194125 July 1943 National Fascist Party Alessandro Brizi25 July 194311 February 1944 IndependentBadoglio I Falcone Lucifero11 February 194424 April 1944 Independent Fausto Gullo 24 April 1944 13 July 1946 Italian Communist Party Badoglio IIBonomi II·IIIParriDe Gasperi I
Italian Republic Parties:
Coalitions:
Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in officeMinister of Agriculture and ForestsAntonio Segni13 July 1946 26 July 1951Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi II·IIIDe Gasperi IV·V·VI Amintore Fanfani 26 July 1951 16 July 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi IV Rocco Salomone 16 July 1953 18 January 1954 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi IVPella Giuseppe Medici 18 January 1954 6 July 1955 Christian DemocracyFanfani IScelba Emilio Colombo 6 July 1955 1 July 1958 Christian DemocracySegni IZoli 1 July 1958 16 February 1959 Christian DemocracyFanfani II Mariano Rumor 16 February 1959 21 June 1963 Christian DemocracySegni IITambroniFanfani III·IV Bernardo Mattarella 21 June 1963 4 December 1963 Christian DemocracyLeone I 4 December 1963 23 February 1966 Christian DemocracyMoro I·II Franco Restivo 23 February 1966 24 June 1968 Christian DemocracyMoro III 24 June 1968 12 December 1968 Christian DemocracyLeone II Athos Valsecchi 12 December 1968 5 August 1969 Christian DemocracyRumor I 5 August 1969 27 March 1970 Christian DemocracyRumor IILorenzo Natali27 March 19707 July 1973 Christian DemocracyRumor IIIColomboAndreotti I·II 7 July 1973 14 March 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor IV Antonio Bisaglia 14 March 1974 23 November 1974 Christian DemocracyRumor VGiovanni Marcora23 November 197418 October 1980Christian DemocracyMoro IV·VAndreotti III·IV·VCossiga ICossiga IIGiuseppe Bartolomei18 October 19801 December 1982 Christian DemocracyForlaniSpadolini I·II Calogero Mannino 1 December 1982 4 August 1983 Christian DemocracyFanfani VFilippo Maria Pandolfi4 August 198313 April 1988 Christian DemocracyCraxi I·IIFanfani VIGoria Calogero Mannino 13 April 1988 27 July 1990 Christian DemocracyDe MitaAndreotti VI 27 July 1990 12 April 1991 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VI Giovanni Goria 12 April 1991 28 June 1992 Christian DemocracyAndreotti VII Giovanni Angelo Fontana 28 June 1992 21 March 1993 Christian DemocracyAmato IAlfredo Diana21 March 199310 May 1994Christian Democracy /Italian People's PartyAmato ICiampiMinister of Agriculture, Food and Forests Adriana Poli Bortone 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 National AllianceBerlusconi I Walter Luchetti 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 IndependentDini Michele Pinto 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Italian People's PartyProdi IMinister of Agricultural Policies Paolo De Castro 21 October 1998 25 April 2000 Independent /The DemocratsD'Alema I·IIMinister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio 25 April 2000 11 June 2001 Federation of the GreensAmato II Gianni Alemanno 11 June 2001 17 May 2006 National AllianceBerlusconi II·IIIMinister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Paolo De Castro 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 The Daisy /Democratic PartyProdi II Luca Zaia 8 May 2008 16 April 2010 Northern LeagueBerlusconi IV Giancarlo Galan 16 April 2010 23 March 2011 The People of Freedom Francesco Saverio Romano 23 March 2011 16 November 2011 The Populars of Italy Tomorrow Mario Catania 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 IndependentMonti Nunzia De Girolamo 28 April 2013 27 January 2014 The People of Freedom /New Centre-RightLetta Enrico Letta 27 January 2014 22 February 2014 Democratic Party Maurizio Martina 22 February 2014 13 March 2018 Democratic PartyRenziGentiloni Paolo Gentiloni 13 March 2018 1 June 2018 Democratic PartyGentiloniMinister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and Tourism Gian Marco Centinaio 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 LeagueConte IMinister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Teresa Bellanova 5 September 2019 14 January 2021 Democratic Party /Italia VivaConte II Giuseppe Conte 14 January 2021 13 February 2021 Independent Stefano Patuanelli 13 February 2021 22 October 2022 Five Star MovementDraghiMinister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Francesco Lollobrigida 22 October 2022 Incumbent Brothers of ItalyMeloni
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