Minister of the Navy (Italy)

{{Infobox official post

| post = Minister

| body = the Navy

| native_name = {{lang|it|Ministri della Marina del Regno}}

| insignia =

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption =

| flag = Flag of the minister of the Regia Marina.svg

| flagsize =

| flagborder =

| flagcaption = Flag of the Minister of the Navy

| image = Benito Mussolini portrait as dictator (retouched).jpg

| imagesize =

| alt =

| imagecaption = Longest serving
Benito Mussolini
8 May 1925–12 September 1929
1 January 1933–25 July 1943

| incumbent =

| acting =

| incumbentsince =

| department =

| style =

| type =

| status =

| abbreviation =

| member_of = Council Ministers

| reports_to = Prime Minister

| residence =

| seat =

| nominator =

| appointer =

| appointer_qualified =

| termlength =

| termlength_qualified =

| constituting_instrument =

| precursor =

| formation = 17 March 1861

| first = Camillo Benso

| last = Giuseppe Micheli

| abolished = 4 February 1947

| succession = Minister of Defence

| unofficial_names =

| deputy =

| salary =

| website =

}}

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 the Air Force and Ministry of War to form the Ministry of Defence in 1947.

The last Minister of the Navy was Giuseppe Micheli, who served in the government of Alcide De Gasperi.Presidential Decree n. 17 on February 4, 1947.

List of ministers

=Kingdom of Italy=

; Parties

{{small|1861–1912:}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Historical Right (Italy)}}|Historical Right|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Historical Left (Italy)}}|Historical Left|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{small|1912–1922:}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Liberals (Italy)}}|Liberals|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democracy (Italy)}}|Social Democracy|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{small|1922–1943:}}

{{legend2|{{party color|National Fascist Party}}|National Fascist Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{small|1943–1946:}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}|Christian Democracy|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

; Governments:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2\|Name {{small\|(Born–Died)}} !Portrait ! colspan=2\|Term of office ! Political Party ! Government
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810–1861) \| 70px \| 17 March 1861 \|\| 6 June 1861 \| Historical Right \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Cavour IV
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) \| 70px \| 12 June 1861 \|\| 3 March 1862 \| Historical Right \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Ricasoli I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Carlo Pellion di Persano (1806–1883) \| 70px \| 3 March 1862 \|\| 8 December 1862 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Rattazzi I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giovanni Ricci (1813–1892) \| 70px \| 8 December 1862 \|\| 22 January 1863 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Farini
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Orazio Di Negro (1810–1872) \| 70px \| 25 January 1863 \|\| 20 April 1863 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Farini Minghetti I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Efisio Cugia (1818–1872) \| 70px \| 20 April 1863 \|\| 28 September 1864 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Minghetti I
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804–1878) \| 70px \| 28 September 1864 \|\| 21 December 1864 \| Historical Right \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|La Marmora II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Diego Angioletti (1822–1905) \| 70px \| 21 December 1864 \|\| 20 June 1866 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|La Marmora II·III
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Left}};" \| \| Agostino Depretis (1813–1887) \| 70px \| 20 June 1866 \|\| 17 February 1867 \| Historical Left \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Ricasoli II
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Giuseppe Biancheri (1821–1908) \| 70px \| 17 February 1867 \|\| 10 April 1867 \| Historical Right
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Federico Pescetto {{small\|(1817–1882)}} \| 70px \| 10 April 1867 \|\| 27 October 1867 \| Historical Right \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Rattazzi II
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809–1896) \| 70px \| 27 October 1867 \|\| 18 November 1867 \| Historical Right \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Menabrea I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Pompeo Provana del Sabbione (1816–1884) \| 70px \| 18 November 1867 \|\| 5 January 1868 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Augusto Riboty (1816–1888) \| 70px \| 5 January 1868 \|\| 14 December 1869 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Menabrea II·III
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Stefano Castagnola (1825–1891) \| 70px \| 14 December 1869 \|\| 15 January 1870 \| Historical Right \| rowspan=3 bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Lanza
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Guglielmo Acton (1825–1896) \| 70px \| 15 January 1870 \|\| 5 August 1872 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Augusto Riboty (1816–1888) \| 70px \| 5 August 1872 \|\| 10 July 1873 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 10 July 1873 \|\| 25 March 1876 \| Military \| bgcolor=#BEE1F5\|Minghetti II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 25 March 1876 \|\| 24 March 1878 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Depretis I·II
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Left}};" \| \| Enrico Di Brocchetti (1817–1885) \| 70px \| 24 March 1878 \|\| 24 August 1878 \| Historical Left \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Cairoli I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 24 August 1878 \|\| 19 December 1878 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Left}};" \| \| Niccolò Ferracciù (1815–1892) \| 70px \| 19 December 1878 \|\| 14 July 1878 \| Historical Left \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Depretis III
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Cesare Bonelli (1821–1904) \| 70px \| 14 July 1878 \|\| 25 November 1879 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Cairoli II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Ferdinando Acton (1832–1891) \| 70px \| 25 November 1879 \|\| 17 November 1883 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Cairoli III Depretis IV·V
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Andrea Del Santo (1830–1905) \| 70px \| 17 November 1883 \|\| 30 March 1884 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Depretis V
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 30 March 1884 \|\| 6 February 1891 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Depretis VI·VII·VIII Crispi I·II
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Right}};" \| \| Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1839–1908) \| 70px \| 6 February 1891 \|\| 15 February 1891 \| Historical Right \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Rudinì I
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| rowspan=2\|Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828–1892) \| rowspan=2\|70px \| rowspan=2\|15 February 1891 \|\| rowspan=2\|28 September 1892 \| rowspan=2\|Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Di Rudinì I
bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Giolitti I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 28 September 1892 \|\| 8 December 1892 \| Military \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Giolitti I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Carlo Alberto Racchia (1833–1896) \| 70px \| 8 December 1892 \|\| 15 December 1893 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) \| 70px \| 15 December 1893 \|\| 10 March 1896 \| Military \| bgcolor=#92EFBB\|Crispi III·IV
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Benedetto Brin (1828–1892) \| 70px \| 10 March 1896 \|\| 24 May 1898 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Di Rudinì II·III·IV
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830–1906) \| 70px \| 24 May 1898 \|\| 1 June 1898 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Di Rudinì IV
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Felice Napoleone Canevaro (1838–1926) \| 70px \| 1 June 1898 \|\| 29 June 1898 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Rudinì V
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giuseppe Palumbo (1840–1913) \| 70px \| 29 June 1898 \|\| 14 May 1899 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Pelloux I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) \| 70px \| 14 May 1899 \|\| 24 June 1900 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Pelloux II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) \| 70px \| 24 June 1900 \|\| 22 April 1903 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Saracco Zanardelli
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) \| 70px \| 22 April 1903 \|\| 21 June 1903 \| Military \| rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Zanardelli
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Enrico Morin (1841–1910) \| 70px \| 21 June 1903 \|\| 3 September 1903 \| Military
style="background:{{party color\|Historical Left}};" \| \| Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928) \| 70px \| 3 September 1903 \|\| 9 November 1903 \| Historical Left \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Giolitti II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Carlo Mirabello (1847–1910) \| 70px \| 9 November 1903 \|\| 10 December 1909 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Giolitti II Fortis I·II Sonnino I Giolitti III
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giovanni Bettolo (1846–1916) \| 70px \| 11 December 1909 \|\| 31 March 1910 \| Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Sonnino II
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| rowspan=2\|Pasquale Leonardi Cattolica (1854–1924) \| rowspan=2\|70px \| rowspan=2\|31 March 1910 \|\| rowspan=2\|29 July 1913 \| rowspan=2\|Military \| bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Sonnino II
bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Giolitti IV
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Enrico Millo (1865–1930) \| 70px \| 29 July 1913 \|\| 13 July 1914 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Giolitti IV Salandra I
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Leone Viale (1851–1918) \| 70px \| 13 July 1914 \|\| 24 September 1915 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Salandra I·II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Camillo Corsi (1860–1921) \| 70px \| 30 September 1915 \|\| 16 June 1917 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Salandra II Boselli
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Arturo Triangi di Maderno e Laces (1864–1935) \| 70px \| 16 June 1917 \|\| 16 July 1917 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Boselli
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Alberto Del Bono (1856–1932) \| 70px \| 16 July 1917 \|\| 23 June 1919 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Boselli Orlando
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Giovanni Sechi (1871–1948) \| 70px \| 23 June 1919 \|\| 4 July 1921 \| Military \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Nitti I·II Giolitti V
style="background:{{party color\|Liberals (Italy)}};" \| \| Eugenio Bergamasco (1858–1940) \| 70px \| 4 July 1921 \|\| 26 February 1921 \| Liberals \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Bonomi I
style="background:{{party color\|Social Democracy (Italy)}};" \| \| Roberto De Vito (1867–1959) \| 70px \| 26 February \|\| 28 October 1922 \| Social Democracy \| bgcolor=#D5E1FF\|Facta I·II
style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948) \| 70px \| 28 October 1922 \|\| 8 May 1925 \| Military \| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#CFD5DA\|Mussolini
style="background:{{party color\|National Fascist Party}};" \| \| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) \| 70px \| 8 May 1925 \|\| 12 September 1929 \| National Fascist Party
style="background:{{party color\|National Fascist Party}};" \| \| Giuseppe Sirianni (1874–1955) \| 70px \| 12 September 1929 \|\| 1 January 1933 \| National Fascist Party
style="background:{{party color\|National Fascist Party}};" \| \| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) \| 70px \| 1 January 1933 \|\| 25 July 1943 \| National Fascist Party
rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color\|Military (Italy)}};" \| \| rowspan=2\|Raffaele de Courten (1888–1978) \| rowspan=2\|70px \| rowspan=2\|28 July 1943 \|\| rowspan=2\|14 July 1946 \| rowspan=2\|Military \| bgcolor=#DAE6DD\|Badoglio I
bgcolor=#EEEEEE\|Badoglio II Bonomi II·III Parri De Gasperi I

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

colspan=2|Name
{{small|(Born–Died)}}

!Portrait

! colspan=2|Term of office

! Political Party

! Government

style="background:{{party color|Historical Right}};" |

Minister of the Navy (Italy)

List of ministers

=Kingdom of Italy=

=Italian Republic=

See also

References