Minister of the Navy (Italy)

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Minister of the Navy
Ministri della Marina del Regno
Flag of the minister of the Regia Marina.svg
Flag of the Minister of the Navy
Benito Mussolini portrait as dictator (retouched).jpg
Longest serving
Benito Mussolini

8 May 1925–12 September 1929
1 January 1933–25 July 1943
Member of Council Ministers
Reports to Prime Minister
Formation17 March 1861
First holder Camillo Benso
Final holderGiuseppe Micheli
Abolished4 February 1947
Succession Minister of Defence

The Italian Minister of the Navy was a member of the Council Ministers from 1861 until 1947. Under the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946, the minister oversaw the Regia Marina ("Royal Navy"), and his position was known officially as Ministri della marina del Regno d'Italia ("Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy"), while under the Italian Republic from 1946 to 1947 he oversaw the Marina Militare (literally "Military Navy," but usually translated as "Italian Navy") and was known officially as Ministro per la Marina Militare (literally "Minister for the Military Navy"), the name change becoming official on 13 July 1946. The position was abolished when the Ministry of the Navy merged with the Ministry of Aeronautics and Ministry of War to form the Ministry of Defence in 1947.

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The last Minister of the Navy was Giuseppe Micheli, who served in the government of Alcide De Gasperi. [1]

List of ministers

Kingdom of Italy

Parties

   Historical Right    Historical Left    Military

   Liberal Union    Social Democracy    Military

   National Fascist Party

   Christian Democracy    Military

Governments

   Rightist coalition    Leftist coalition    Liberal coalition    Fascist    Military    Mixed coalition

Name
(Born–Died)
PortraitTerm of officePolitical PartyGovernment
Camillo Benso,
Count of Cavour

(1810–1861)
Camillo Benso Cavour di Ciseri.jpg 17 March 18616 June 1861 Historical Right Cavour IV
Luigi Federico Menabrea
(1809–1896)
Luigi Federico Menabrea 2.jpg 12 June 18613 March 1862 Historical Right Ricasoli I
Carlo Pellion di Persano
(1806–1883)
L'Illustration 1862 gravure ministre amiral comte de Persano.jpg 3 March 18628 December 1862 Military Rattazzi I
Giovanni Ricci
(1813–1892)
Giovanni Ricci.gif 8 December 186222 January 1863 Military Farini
Orazio Di Negro
(1810–1872)
Orazio Di Negro.gif 25 January 186320 April 1863 Military Farini
Minghetti I
Efisio Cugia
(1818–1872)
Efisio Cugia.jpg 20 April 186328 September 1864 Military Minghetti I
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
(1804–1878)
Alfonso La Marmora.jpg 28 September 186421 December 1864 Historical Right La Marmora II
Diego Angioletti
(1822–1905)
Diego Angioletti.gif 21 December 186420 June 1866 Military La Marmora II·III
Agostino Depretis
(1813–1887)
Agostino Depretis 2.jpg 20 June 186617 February 1867 Historical Left Ricasoli II
Giuseppe Biancheri
(1821–1908)
Giuseppe Biancheri iii.jpg 17 February 186710 April 1867 Historical Right
Federico Pescetto
(1817–1882)
Federico Pescetto.gif 10 April 186727 October 1867 Historical Right Rattazzi II
Luigi Federico Menabrea
(1809–1896)
Luigi Federico Menabrea 2.jpg 27 October 186718 November 1867 Historical Right Menabrea I
Pompeo Provana del Sabbione
(1816–1884)
Pompeo Provana Del Sabbione.gif 18 November 18675 January 1868 Military
Augusto Riboty
(1816–1888)
Augusto Riboty.gif 5 January 186814 December 1869 Military Menabrea II·III
Stefano Castagnola
(1825–1891)
Stefano Castagnola.jpg 14 December 186915 January 1870 Historical Right Lanza
Guglielmo Acton
(1825–1896)
Guglielmoacton.jpg 15 January 18705 August 1872 Military
Augusto Riboty
(1816–1888)
Augusto Riboty.gif 5 August 187210 July 1873 Military
Simone Antonio Saint-Bon
(1828–1892)
Simone Pacoret de Saint-Bon.gif 10 July 187325 March 1876 Military Minghetti II
Benedetto Brin
(1828–1892)
Benedetto Brin 2.png 25 March 187624 March 1878 Military Depretis I·II
Enrico Di Brocchetti
(1817–1885)
Enrico Di Brocchetti.gif 24 March 187824 August 1878 Historical Left Cairoli I
Benedetto Brin
(1828–1892)
Benedetto Brin 2.png 24 August 187819 December 1878 Military
Niccolò Ferracciù
(1815–1892)
Niccolo Ferracciu.JPG 19 December 187814 July 1878 Historical Left Depretis III
Cesare Bonelli
(1821–1904)
Cesare Bonelli.gif 14 July 187825 November 1879 Military Cairoli II
Ferdinando Acton
(1832–1891)
Ferdinando Acton.gif 25 November 187917 November 1883 Military Cairoli III
Depretis IV·V
Andrea Del Santo
(1830–1905)
Andrea Del Santo 2.jpg 17 November 188330 March 1884 Military Depretis V
Benedetto Brin
(1828–1892)
Benedetto Brin 2.png 30 March 18846 February 1891 Military Depretis VI·VII·VIII
Crispi I·II
Antonio Starabba,
Marchese di Rudinì

(1839–1908)
Rudini.jpg 6 February 189115 February 1891 Historical Right Rudinì I
Simone Antonio Saint-Bon
(1828–1892)
Simone Pacoret de Saint-Bon.gif 15 February 189128 September 1892 Military Di Rudinì I
Giolitti I
Benedetto Brin
(1828–1892)
Benedetto Brin 2.png 28 September 18928 December 1892 Military Giolitti I
Carlo Alberto Racchia
(1833–1896)
Carlo Alberto Racchia.gif 8 December 189215 December 1893 Military
Enrico Morin
(1841–1910)
Enrico Morin.jpg 15 December 189310 March 1896 Military Crispi III·IV
Benedetto Brin
(1828–1892)
Benedetto Brin 2.png 10 March 189624 May 1898 Military Di Rudinì II·III·IV
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano
(1830–1906)
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano.jpg 24 May 18981 June 1898 Military Di Rudinì IV
Felice Napoleone Canevaro
(1838–1926)
Felice Napoleone Canevaro.jpg 1 June 189829 June 1898 Military Rudinì V
Giuseppe Palumbo
(1840–1913)
Ammiraglio Giuseppe Palumbo.jpg 29 June 189814 May 1899 Military Pelloux I
Giovanni Bettolo
(1846–1916)
Giovanni Bettolo.jpg 14 May 189924 June 1900 Military Pelloux II
Enrico Morin
(1841–1910)
Enrico Morin.jpg 24 June 190022 April 1903 Military Saracco
Zanardelli
Giovanni Bettolo
(1846–1916)
Giovanni Bettolo.jpg 22 April 190321 June 1903 Military Zanardelli
Enrico Morin
(1841–1910)
Enrico Morin.jpg 21 June 19033 September 1903 Military
Giovanni Giolitti
(1842–1928)
Giovanni Giolitti 2.jpg 3 September 19039 November 1903 Historical Left Giolitti II
Carlo Mirabello
(1847–1910)
Carlo Mirabello.gif 9 November 190310 December 1909 Military Giolitti II
Fortis I·II
Sonnino I
Giolitti III
Giovanni Bettolo
(1846–1916)
Giovanni Bettolo.jpg 11 December 190931 March 1910 Military Sonnino II
Pasquale Leonardi Cattolica
(1854–1924)
Ammiraglio Pasquale Leonardi Cattolica.jpg 31 March 191029 July 1913 Military Sonnino II
Giolitti IV
Enrico Millo
(1865–1930)
Enrico Millo circa 1915 (cropped).jpg 29 July 191313 July 1914 Military Giolitti IV
Salandra I
Leone Viale
(1851–1918)
M 78 10 amiral Leone Viale min Marine.jpg 13 July 191424 September 1915 Military Salandra I·II
Camillo Corsi
(1860–1921)
Camillo Corsi 2.jpg 30 September 191516 June 1917 Military Salandra II
Boselli
Arturo Triangi di Maderno e Laces
(1864–1935)
Arturo Triangi di Maderno.jpg 16 June 191716 July 1917 Military Boselli
Alberto Del Bono
(1856–1932)
Alberto Del Bono 2.gif 16 July 191723 June 1919 Military Boselli
Orlando
Giovanni Sechi
(1871–1948)
Giovanni Sechi (cropped).jpg 23 June 19194 July 1921 Military Nitti I·II
Giolitti V
Eugenio Bergamasco
(1858–1940)
Eugenio Bergamasco 1.gif 4 July 192126 February 1921 Liberal Union Bonomi I
Roberto De Vito
(1867–1959)
Roberto De Vito 1.jpg 26 February28 October 1922 Social Democracy Facta I·II
Paolo Thaon di Revel
(1859–1948)
Amiral Paolo Thaon di Revel N53030881 JPEG 1 1DM (cropped).jpg 28 October 19228 May 1925 Military Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
Mussolini biografia.jpg 8 May 192512 September 1929 National Fascist Party
Giuseppe Sirianni
(1874–1955)
Giuseppe Sirianni 2.jpg 12 September 19291 January 1933 National Fascist Party
Benito Mussolini
(1883–1945)
Mussolini biografia.jpg 1 January 193325 July 1943 National Fascist Party
Raffaele de Courten
(1888–1978)
Raffaele De Courten official.jpg 28 July 194314 July 1946 Military Badoglio I
Badoglio II
Bonomi II·III
Parri
De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Name
(Born–Died)
PortraitTerm of officePolitical PartyGovernment
Giuseppe Micheli
(1874–1948)
Micheli.jpg 14 July 19464 February 1947 Christian Democracy De Gasperi
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References

  1. Presidential Decree n. 17 on February 4, 1947.