Italian_Minister_of_War

Minister of War
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	14 February 1947
Succession	Minister of Defence

Minister of War (Italy)

Ministry in the Cabinet of Italy

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.

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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.

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Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Government	Ref.
	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	Ricasoli I	^[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]
	Ignazio De Genova (1813–1896)	31 December 1865	22 August 1866	234 days		Military	Ricasoli II	^[6]^[7]
	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
	Cesare Ricotti-Magnani (1822–1917)	7 September 1870	20 November 1876	6 years, 74 days		Military	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	Cairoli I	^[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	Ciaroli III	^[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]
	Luigi Pelloux (1839–1924)	6 February 1891	15 December 1893	2 years, 312 days		Military	Giolitti I	^[26]^[27]
	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]
	Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906)	14 December 1897	14 May 1899	1 year, 151 days		Military	Pelloux I	^[32]^[33]
	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	Pelloux II	^[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	Zanardelli	^[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	Giolitti III	^[42]
	Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918)	11 December 1909	21 March 1914	4 years, 100 days		Military	Sonnino II Luzzatti	^[43]^[44] ^[45]
	Paolo Spingardi (1845–1918)	11 December 1909	21 March 1914	4 years, 100 days		Military	Giolitti IV	^[43]^[44] ^[45]
	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	Nitti I	^[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	Giolitti V	^[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]

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

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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 (1861-03-17)
First holder	Manfredo Fanti
Final holder	Cipriano Facchinetti
Abolished	14 February 1947 (1947-02-14)
Succession	Minister of Defence