Italian Minister of War

The Minister of War of Italy (Italian: Ministri della guerra del Regno d'Italia), was the minister responsible for the Ministry of War and the Royal Italian Army. The position was abolished with the creation of the position for 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 of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	17 March 1861
First holder	Manfredo Fanti
Final holder	Cipriano Facchinetti
Abolished	4 February 1947
Succession	Minister 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 Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini, of the National Fascist Party.

List of Ministers

Kingdom of Italy

Parties

• 1861–1912:

  Military   Historical Right

• 1912–1922:

  Military   Reformist Socialist Party   People's Party   Agrarian Party   Liberal Union

• 1922–1943:

  National Fascist Party

• 1943–1946:

  Military   Liberal Party   Christian Democracy

Governments

  Rightist coalition   Leftist coalition   Liberal coalition   Fascist   Military   Mixed coalition

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Manfredo Fanti (1806–1865)	17 March 1861	6 June 1861	81 days	Military	Cavour IV	[1]
–		Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880) Acting	12 June 1861	5 September 1861	85 days	Historical Right	Ricasoli I	[2]
2		Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864)	5 September 1861	3 March 1862	179 days	Military	Ricasoli I	[2]
3		Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890)	4 March 1862	8 December 1862	279 days	Military	Rattazzi I	[3]
(2)		Alessandro Della Rovere (1815–1864)	8 December 1862	28 September 1864	179 days	Military	Farini Minghetti I	[4][5]
(3)		Agostino Petitti Bagliani (1814–1890)	28 September 1864	31 December 1865	1 year, 94 days	Military	La Marmora II	[6]
4		Ignazio De Genova (1813–1896)	31 December 1865	22 August 1866	234 days	Military	La Marmora III Ricasoli II	[7][8]
5		Efisio Cugia (1818–1872)	31 December 1865	22 August 1866	234 days	Military	Ricasoli II	[8]
6		Genova Theon di Revel (1817–1910)	10 April 1867	27 October 1867	200 days	Military	Rattazzi II	[9]
7		Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892)	27 October 1867	14 December 1869	2 years, 48 days	Military	Menabrea I·II·III	[10][11] [12]
8		Giuseppe Govone (1825–1872)	14 December 1869	7 September 1870	267 days	Military	Lanza	[13]
9		Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	7 September 1870	20 November 1876	6 years, 74 days	Military	Lanza Minghetti II Depretis I	[14][15] [16]
10		Luigi Mezzacapo (1814–1885)	20 November 1876	24 March 1878	1 year, 124 days	Military	Depretis I·II	[16][17]
11		Giovanni Bruzzo (1824–1890)	24 March 1878	24 October 1878	214 days	Military	Cairoli I	[18]
12		Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)	24 October 1878	19 December 1878	56 days	Military	Cairoli I	[18]
13		Gustavo Mazè de la Roche (1824–1886)	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	207 days	Military	Depretis III	[19]
(12)		Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904)	14 July 1879	13 July 1880	365 days	Military	Cairoli II·III	[20][21]
–		Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891) Acting	13 July 1880	27 July 1880	14 days	Military	Cairoli III	[21]
14		Bernardino Milon (1829–1881)	27 July 1880	25 March 1881	241 days	Military	Cairoli III	[21]
15		Emilio Ferrero (1819–1887)	25 March 1881	24 May 1884	3 years, 60 days	Military	Cairoli III Depretis IV·V·VI	[21][22] [23][24]
16		Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	24 May 1884	4 April 1887	2 years, 315 days	Military	Depretis VI·VII	[24][25]
(7)		Ettore Bertolè Viale (1829–1892)	4 April 1887	6 February 1891	3 years, 308 days	Military	Depretis VIII Crispi I·II	[26][27] [28]
17		Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	6 February 1891	15 December 1893	2 years, 312 days	Military	Rudinì I Giolitti I	[29][30]
18		Stanislao Mocenni (1837–1907)	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	2 years, 86 days	Military	Crispi III·IV	[31] [32]
(16)		Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	10 March 1896	11 July 1896	123 days	Military	Rudinì II	[33]
(17)		Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	11 July 1896	14 December 1897	1 year, 156 days	Military	Rudinì III	[34]
19		Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906)	14 December 1897	14 May 1899	1 year, 151 days	Military	Rudinì IV Pelloux I	[35][36]
20		Giuseppe Mirri (1834–1907)	14 May 1899	7 January 1900	238 days	Military	Pelloux II	[37]
(17)		Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	7 January 1900	7 April 1900	90 days	Military	Pelloux II	[37]
21		Coriolano Ponza di San Martino (1842–1926)	7 April 1900	27 April 1902	2 years, 20 days	Military	Pelloux II Saracco Zanardelli	[37][38] [39]
–		Enrico Morin (1841–1910) Acting	27 April 1902	14 May 1902	17 days	Military	Zanardelli	[39]
22		Giuseppe Ottolenghi (1838–1904)	14 May 1902	3 September 1903	1 year, 112 days	Military	Zanardelli	[39]
23		Ettore Pedotti (1842–1919)	3 September 1903	24 December 1905	2 years, 112 days	Military	Giolitti II Tittoni Fortis I	[40][41] [42]
24		Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano (1841–1918)	24 December 1905	29 May 1906	156 days	Military	Fortis II Sonnino I	[43][44]
25		Giuseppe Ettore Viganò (1843–1933)	29 May 1906	29 December 1907	1 year, 214 days	Military	Giolitti III	[45]
26		Severino Casana (1842–1912)	29 December 1907	10 December 1909	1 year, 346 days	Historical Right	Giolitti III	[45]
27		Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918)	11 December 1909	19 March 1914	4 years, 98 days	Military	Sonnino II Luzzatti Giolitti IV	[46][47] [48]
28		Domenico Grandi (1849–1937)	21 March 1914	10 October 1914	203 days	Military	Salandra I	[49]
29		Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)	10 October 1914	4 April 1916	1 year, 177 days	Military	Salandra I·II	[49][50]
30		Paolo Morrone (1854–1937)	4 April 1916	16 June 1917	1 year, 73 days	Military	Salandra II Boselli	[50][51]
31		Gaetano Giardino (1864–1935)	16 June 1917	30 October 1917	136 days	Military	Boselli	[51]
32		Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (1863–1918)	30 October 1917	21 March 1918	142 days	Military	Orlando	[52]
(29)		Vittorio Italico Zupelli (1859–1945)	21 March 1918	18 January 1919	303 days	Military	Orlando	[52]
33		Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945)	18 January 1919	23 June 1919	156 days	Military	Orlando	[52]
34		Giovanni Sechi (1871–1948)	23 June 1919	23 June 1919	1 day	Military	Nitti I	[53]
35		Alberico Albricci (1864–1936)	24 June 1919	13 March 1920	263 days	Military	Nitti I	[53]
36		Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	14 March 1920	21 May 1920	68 days	Reformist Socialist Party	Nitti I	[53]
37		Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)	21 May 1920	15 June 1920	25 days	People's Party	Nitti II	[54]
(36)		Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951)	15 June 1920	2 April 1921	291 days	Reformist Socialist Party	Giolitti V	[55]
(37)		Giulio Rodinò (1875–1946)	2 April 1921	4 July 1921	93 days	People's Party	Giolitti V	[55]
38		Luigi Gasparotto (1873–1954)	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	237 days	Reformist Socialist Party	Bonomi I	[56]
39		Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938)	26 February 1922	1 August 1922	156 days	Agrarian	Facta I	[57]
40		Marcello Soleri (1882–1945)	1 August 1922	28 October 1922	88 days	Liberal Union	Facta II	[58]
41		Armando Diaz (1861–1928)	30 October 1922	30 April 1924	1 year, 183 days	Military	Mussolini	[59]
42		Antonino Di Giorgio (1867–1932)	30 April 1924	4 April 1925	339 days	National Fascist Party	Mussolini	[59]
43		Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	4 April 1925	12 September 1929	4 years, 130 days	National Fascist Party	Mussolini	[59]
44		Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953)	12 September 1929	22 July 1933	3 years, 344 days	National Fascist Party	Mussolini	[59]
(43)		Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)	22 July 1933	25 July 1943	10 years, 3 days	National Fascist Party	Mussolini	[59]
45		Antonio Sorice (1897–1971)	28 July 1943	11 February 1944	198 days	Military	Badoglio I	–
46		Taddeo Orlando (1885–1950)	11 February 1944	8 June 1944	118 days	Military	Badoglio I·II	–
47		Alessandro Casati (1881–1955)	18 June 1944	21 June 1945	1 year, 13 days	Liberal Party	Bonomi II·III	–
48		Stefano Jacini (1886–1952)	21 June 1945	8 December 1945	170 days	Christian Democracy	Parri	[60]
49		Manlio Brosio (1897–1980)	10 December 1945	1 July 1946	203 days	Liberal Party	De Gasperi I	[61]

Republic of Italy

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Political Party	Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952)	14 July 1946	4 February 1947	205 days	Republican Party	De Gasperi II	[62]

See also

• Minister of the Air Force
• Minister of the Navy

References

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