Minister for European Affairs (Italy)

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Minister for European Affairs
Ministro per gli Affari Europei
Incumbent Tommaso Foti since 2 December 2024
Department for European Politics
Member of	Council of Ministers
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	4 April 1980; 44 years ago (1980-04-04)
First holder	Vincenzo Scotti
Website	www.politicheeuropee.gov.it

The Minister for European Affairs (Italian: Ministro per gli Affari Europei) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government, head of the Department for European Policies.

The current Minister for European Affairs is Tommaso Foti, of the Brothers of Italy party, who is serving since 2 December 2024.

List of ministers

Parties

1981–1994:
1994–present:
- Northern League / League
- Italian People's Party
- Federation of the Greens
- United Christian Democrats
- Italian Republican Party
- Italian Radicals
- The People of Freedom
- Democratic Party
- Brothers of Italy
- Independent

Coalitions:

1981–1994:
- Centrist coalition
- Organic centre-left
- Pentapartito / Quadripartito
- Mixed coalition
1994–present:

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Government	Ref.
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies
	Vincenzo Scotti (1933– )	4 April 1980	28 June 1981	1 year, 85 days		Christian Democracy	Cossiga II Forlani
	Lucio Abis (1926–2014)	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	1 year, 156 days		Christian Democracy	Spadolini I·II
	Alfredo Biondi (1928–2020)	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	246 days		Italian Liberal Party	Fanfani V
	Francesco Forte (1929–2022)	4 August 1983	9 May 1985	1 year, 278 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
	Loris Fortuna (1924–1985)	31 July 1985	5 December 1985	127 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi I
	Fabio Fabbri (1933–2024)	1 August 1986	18 April 1987	260 days		Italian Socialist Party	Craxi II
	Luigi Granelli (1929–1999)	18 April 1987	29 July 1987	92 days		Christian Democracy	Fanfani VI
	Antonio La Pergola (1931–2007)	29 July 1987	13 April 1988	259 days		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Goria
	Pier Luigi Romita (1924–2003)	13 April 1988	28 June 1992	4 years, 76 days		Italian Socialist Party	De Mita Andreotti VI·VII
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies and Regional Affairs
	Raffaele Costa (1936– )	28 June 1992	21 February 1993	238 days		Italian Liberal Party	Amato I
	Gianfranco Ciaurro (1929–2000)	21 February 1993	28 April 1993	66 days		Italian Liberal Party	Amato I
	Valdo Spini (1946– )	28 April 1993	5 May 1993	7 days		Italian Socialist Party	Ciampi
	Livio Paladin (1933–2000)	5 May 1993	10 May 1994	1 year, 5 days		Independent	Ciampi
Minister for the Coordination of European Union Policies
	Domenico Comino (1955– )	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days		Northern League	Berlusconi I
Office not in use		1995–1998					Dini
Office not in use		1995–1998					Prodi II
Minister for the Community Policies
	Enrico Letta (1966– )	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema I
	Patrizia Toia (1950– )	22 December 1999	25 April 2000	125 days		Italian People's Party	D'Alema II
	Gianni Francesco Mattioli (1940– )	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	1 year, 47 days		Federation of the Greens	Amato II
	Rocco Buttiglione (1948– )	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days		United Christian Democrats / Union of Christians and Centre Democrats	Berlusconi II
	Giorgio La Malfa (1939– )	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Italian Republican Party	Berlusconi III
	Emma Bonino (1948– )	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days		Italian Radicals	Prodi II
Minister of European Policies
	Andrea Ronchi (1955– )	8 May 2008	17 November 2010	2 years, 193 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Anna Maria Bernini (1965– )	17 November 2010	16 November 2011	364 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
	Enzo Moavero Milanesi (1954– )	16 November 2011	22 February 2014	2 years, 98 days		Independent / Civic Choice	Monti Letta
Office not in use		2014–2018					Renzi Gentiloni
Minister for European Affairs
	Paolo Savona (1936–)	1 June 2018	8 March 2019	280 days		Independent	Conte I
	Giuseppe Conte (1964–) As Prime Minister	8 March 2019	10 July 2019	124 days		Independent
	Lorenzo Fontana (1980–)	10 July 2019	5 September 2019	57 days		League
	Vincenzo Amendola (1973–)	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II
Office not in use		2021–2022					Draghi
Minister for European Affairs, South and Cohesion Policies
	Raffaele Fitto (1969– )	22 October 2022	30 November 2024	2 years, 39 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni
Minister for European Affairs and Cohesion Policies
	Tommaso Foti (1960– )	2 December 2024	Incumbent	35 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni