Minister of University and Research

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|post = Minister of University and Research

|native_name = {{small|Ministro dell'Università e della Ricerca}}

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|image = Visit of Anna Maria Bernini, Minister of University and Research of Italy, to the European Commission (04) (cropped).jpg

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|incumbent = Anna Maria Bernini

|incumbentsince = October 22, 2022

|acting = no

|department = Ministry of University and Research

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|member_of = Council of Ministers

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|seat = Rome

|appointer = The president of Italy

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|termlength = No fixed term

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|formation = {{start date and age|1962|11|30}}

|first = Guido Corbellini

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|website = {{url|www.miur.gov.it}}

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This is a list of ministers of university and research since 1962. From 2001 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2019 the office had been incorporated with the office of Minister of Public Education into the office of Minister of Education, Universities and Research.

The current office holder is Anna Maria Bernini, a member of Forza Italia who has been serving in the cabinet of Giorgia Meloni since October 2022.[https://www.mur.gov.it/it/ministero/anna-maria-bernini Anna Maria Bernini – Il Ministro]. Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca

List of education ministers

; Parties:

{{small|1946–1994:}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}|Christian Democracy|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}|Italian Socialist Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}|Italian Democratic Socialist Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Italian Republican Party}}|Italian Republican Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{small|1994–present:}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party of the Left}}|Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Forza Italia}}|Forza Italia / The People of Freedom|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Italian People's Party (1994-2002)}}|Italian People's Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}|Democratic Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}|Five Star Movement|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

;Coalitions:

{{small|1946–1994:}}
{{legend2|#D5EFFF|Centrist coalition|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFE5E5|Organic centre-left|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFE2D5|Pentapartito / Quadripartito|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#E4E4E4|Mixed coalition|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{small|1994–present:}}
{{legend2|#BEE1F5|Centre-right coalition|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFDAE1|Centre-left coalition|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#E4E4E4|Mixed coalition|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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width=1% rowspan=2\| Portrait ! width=15% rowspan=2\| Name (Born–Died) ! width=30% colspan=3\| Term of office ! width=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2\| Party ! width=10% rowspan=2\| Government ! width=1% rowspan=2\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
style="text-align:center;" ! width=11%\|Took office ! width=11%\|Left office ! width=8%\|Time in office
colspan=9\|Minister of University and Research
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Guido Corbellini {{small\|(1890–1976)}} \| 30 November 1962 \|\| 21 June 1963 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1962\|11\|30\|1963\|6\|21}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Fanfani IV \|
style="height:3em;" \| colspan=2\|Office not in use \| colspan=5 align="center"\|1963–1963 \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Leone I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Carlo Arnaudi {{small\|(1899–1970)}} \| 4 December 1963 \|\| 23 February 1966 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1963\|12\|4\|1966\|2\|23}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Moro I·II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Leopoldo Rubinacci {{small\|(1903–1969)}} \| 23 February 1966 \|\| 24 June 1968 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1966\|2\|23\|1968\|6\|24}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Moro III \|
style="height:3em;" \| colspan=2\|Office not in use \| colspan=5 align="center"\|1968–1968 \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Leone II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Salvatore Lauricella {{small\|(1922–1996)}} \| 12 December 1968 \|\| 5 August 1969 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1968\|12\|12\|1969\|8\|5}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Rumor I \|
style="height:9em;" ! 90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \| Arnaldo Forlani {{small\|(1925–2023)}} \| 5 August 1969	11 November 1969 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1969\|8\|5\|1969\|11\|11}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Rumor II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giorgio Bo {{small\|(1905–1980)}} \| 11 November 1969 \|\| 27 March 1970 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1969\|11\|11\|1970\|3\|27}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Camillo Ripamonti {{small\|(1919–1997)}} \| 27 March 1970 \|\| 17 February 1972 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1970\|3\|27\|1972\|2\|17}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Rumor III Colombo \|
style="height:9em;" ! 90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \| Fiorentino Sullo {{small\|(1921–2000)}} \| 17 February 1972	26 June 1972 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1972\|2\|17\|1972\|6\|26}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Andreotti I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Pier Luigi Romita {{small\|(1924–2003)}} \| 26 June 1972 \|\| 7 July 1973 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1972\|6\|26\|1973\|7\|7}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Andreotti II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \| Pietro Bucalossi {{small\|(1905–1992)}} \| 7 July 1973 \|\| 14 March 1974 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1973\|7\|7\|1974\|3\|14}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Republican Party}};" \| \| Italian Republican Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Rumor IV \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giovanni Pieraccini {{small\|(1918–2017)}} \| 14 March 1974 \|\| 23 November 1974 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1974\|3\|14\|1974\|11\|23}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Rumor V \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Mario Pedini {{small\|(1918–2003)}} \| 23 November 1974 \|\| 12 February 1976 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1974\|11\|23\|1976\|2\|12}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Moro IV \|
style="height:3em;" \| colspan=2\|Office not in use \| colspan=5 align="center"\|1976–1979 \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Moro V Andreotti III·IV·V \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Vito Scalia {{small\|(1925–2009)}} \| 4 August 1979 \|\| 4 April 1980 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1979\|8\|4\|1980\|4\|4}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Cossiga I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Vincenzo Balzamo {{small\|(1929–1992)}} \| 4 April 1980 \|\| 18 October 1980 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1980\|4\|4\|1980\|10\|18}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Cossiga II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Pier Luigi Romita {{small\|(1924–2003)}} \| 18 October 1980 \|\| 28 June 1981 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1980\|10\|18\|1981\|6\|28}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE5E5\|Forlani \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giancarlo Tesini {{small\|(1929–2023)}} \| 28 June 1981 \|\| 1 December 1982 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1981\|6\|28\|1982\|12\|1}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#FFE2D5\|Spadolini I·II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Pier Luigi Romita {{small\|(1924–2003)}} \| 1 December 1982 \|\| 4 August 1983 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1982\|12\|1\|1983\|8\|4}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Democratic Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE2D5\|Fanfani V \|
style="height:5em;" ! rowspan=2\|90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" rowspan=2\|Luigi Granelli {{small\|(1929–1999)}} \| rowspan=2\|4 August 1983	rowspan=2\|29 July 1987 \| rowspan=2\|{{small\|{{ayd\|1983\|8\|4\|1987\|7\|29}}}} ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| rowspan=2\|Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#FFE2D5\|Craxi I·II \| rowspan=2\|
style="height:5em;" \| bgcolor=#D5EFFF\|Fanfani VI
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Antonio Ruberti {{small\|(1927–2000)}} \| 29 July 1987 \|\| 28 June 1992 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1987\|7\|29\|1992\|6\|28}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian Socialist Party}};" \| \| Italian Socialist Party \| bgcolor=#FFE2D5\|Goria De Mita Andreotti VI·VII \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Alessandro Fontana {{small\|(1936–2013)}} \| 28 June 1992 \|\| 28 April 1993 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1992\|6\|28\|1993\|4\|28}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Christian Democracy \| bgcolor=#FFE2D5\|Amato I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Luigi Berlinguer {{small\|(1932–2023)}} \| 28 April 1993 \|\| 4 May 1993 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1993\|4\|28\|1993\|5\|4}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party of the Left}};" \| \| Democratic Party of the Left \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Ciampi \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Umberto Colombo {{small\|(1927–2006)}} \| 4 May 1993 \|\| 10 May 1994 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1993\|5\|4\|1994\|5\|10}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Stefano Podestà {{small\|(1939–)}} \| 10 May 1994 \|\| 17 January 1995 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1994\|5\|10\|1995\|1\|17}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Forza Italia}};" \| \| Forza Italia \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Berlusconi I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giorgio Salvini {{small\|(1920–2015)}} \| 17 January 1995 \|\| 17 May 1996 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1995\|1\|17\|1996\|5\|17}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Dini \|
colspan=9\|Minister of Education, University and Research
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Luigi Berlinguer {{small\|(1932–2023)}} \| 17 May 1996 \|\| 21 October 1998 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1996\|5\|17\|1998\|10\|21}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party of the Left}};" \| \| Democratic Party of the Left \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|Prodi I \|
colspan=9\|Minister of University and Research
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \| Ortensio Zecchino {{small\|(1943–)}} \| 21 October 1998 \|\| 2 February 2001 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|1998\|10\|21\|2001\|2\|2}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Italian People's Party (1994)}};" \| \| Italian People's Party \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|D'Alema I·II Amato II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giuliano Amato {{small\|(1938– )}} {{small\|Acting}} \| 2 February 2001 \|\| 11 June 2001 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2001\|2\|2\|2001\|6\|11}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \|Independent \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|Amato II \|
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90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Letizia Moratti {{small\|(1949–)}} \| 11 June 2001 \|\| 17 May 2006 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2001\|6\|11\|2006\|5\|17}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Forza Italia}};" \| \| Forza Italia \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Berlusconi II·III \|
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90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Fabio Mussi {{small\|(1948–)}} \| 17 May 2006 \|\| 8 May 2008 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2006\|5\|17\|2008\|5\|8}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democrats of the Left}};" \| \| Democrats of the Left / Democratic Left \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|Prodi II \|
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90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Mariastella Gelmini {{small\|(1973–)}} \| 8 May 2008 \|\| 16 November 2011 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2008\|5\|8\|2011\|11\|16}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|The People of Freedom}};" \| \| The People of Freedom \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Berlusconi IV \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Francesco Profumo {{small\|(1953– )}} \| 16 November 2011 \|\| 28 April 2013 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2011\|11\|16\|2013\|4\|28}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \|Independent \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Monti \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Maria Chiara Carrozza {{small\|(1965–)}} \| 28 April 2013 \|\| 22 February 2014 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2013\|4\|28\|2014\|2\|22}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" \| \| Democratic Party \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Letta \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Stefania Giannini {{small\|(1960–)}} \| 22 February 2014 \|\| 12 December 2016 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2014\|2\|22\|2016\|12\|12}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" \| \| Civic Choice / Democratic Party \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|Renzi \|
style="height:9em;" ! 90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Valeria Fedeli {{small\|(1949–)}} \| 12 December 2016	1 June 2018 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2016\|12\|12\|2018\|6\|1}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Democratic Party (Italy)}};" \| \| Democratic Party \| bgcolor=#FFDAE1\|Gentiloni \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Marco Bussetti {{small\|(1962– )}} \| 1 June 2018 \|\| 5 September 2019 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2018\|6\|1\|2019\|9\|5}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Conte I \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \| Lorenzo Fioramonti {{small\|(1977– )}} \| 5 September 2019 \|\| 25 December 2019 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2019\|9\|5\|2019\|12\|25}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Five Star Movement}};" \| \| Five Star Movement \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Conte II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Giuseppe Conte {{small\|(1964– )}} {{small\|As Prime Minister}} \| 25 December 2019 \|\| 10 January 2020 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2019\|12\|25\|2020\|1\|10}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \|
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90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Gaetano Manfredi {{small\|(1964– )}} \| 10 January 2020 \|\| 13 February 2021 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2020\|1\|10\|2021\|2\|13}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Conte II \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Maria Cristina Messa {{small\|(1961– )}} \| 13 February 2021 \|\| 22 October 2022 \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2021\|2\|13\|2022\|10\|22}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Independent politician}};" \| \| Independent \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Draghi \|
90px ! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" \|Anna Maria Bernini {{small\|(1965– )}} \| 22 October 2022 \|\| Incumbent \| {{small\|{{ayd\|2022\|10\|22}}}} ! style="background:{{party color\|Forza Italia (2013)}};" \| \|Forza Italia \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Meloni \|

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width=1% rowspan=2| Portrait

! width=15% rowspan=2| Name
(Born–Died)

! width=30% colspan=3| Term of office

! width=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party

! width=10% rowspan=2| Government

! width=1% rowspan=2| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}

style="text-align:center;"

! width=11%|Took office

! width=11%|Left office

! width=8%|Time in office

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Minister of University and Research

List of education ministers

Timeline

References