Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies

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Minister for Cohesion Policies
Ministro per le Politiche di Coesione
Incumbent Tommaso Foti since 2 December 2024
Ministry for the South and Territorial Cohesion
Member of	Council of Ministers
Seat	Rome
Appointer	The President of Italy
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	April 23, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-23)
First holder	Gianfranco Miccichè
Website	www.ministroperilsud.gov.it

The Minister for Cohesion Policies (Italian: Ministro per le Politiche di Coesione) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government. The current minister is Tommaso Foti, of Brothers of Italy, who is serving since 2 December 2024.

From 1964 to 1987 and, again, from 1988 to 1993 Italian governments included a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno" (1964–1966, 1972–1987, 1988–1993) or a "minister for the Extraordinary Interventions in the Mezzogiorno and the depressed areas" (1966–1972). Mezzogiorno is an alternative name for Southern Italy. The office was notably held by Paolo Emilio Taviani (1968–1972, 1972–1973), Giulio Andreotti (1974–1976) and Ciriaco De Mita (1976–1979).

List of ministers

Parties

Coalitions

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 Development and Territorial Cohesion
	Gianfranco Miccichè (1954–)	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days		Forza Italia	Berlusconi III
Office not in use		2006–2010					Prodi II
Office not in use		2006–2010					Berlusconi IV
Minister of Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion
	Raffaele Fitto (1969– )	10 June 2010	16 November 2011	1 year, 159 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
Minister for Territorial Cohesion
	Fabrizio Barca (1954–)	16 November 2011	28 April 2013	1 year, 163 days		Independent	Monti
	Carlo Trigilia (1951–)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days		Democratic Party	Letta
Office not in use		2014–2016					Renzi
Minister of Territorial Cohesion and the South
	Claudio De Vincenti (1948–)	12 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 171 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
Minister for the South
	Barbara Lezzi (1972– )	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days		Five Star Movement	Conte I
	Giuseppe Provenzano (1982–)	5 September 2019	13 February 2021	1 year, 161 days		Democratic Party	Conte II
Minister for the South and Territorial Cohesion
	Mara Carfagna (1975–)	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days		Forza Italia / Action	Draghi
Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP
	Raffaele Fitto (1969–)	22 October 2022	30 November 2024	2 years, 39 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni
Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP
	Tommaso Foti (1960– )	2 December 2024	Incumbent	31 days		Brothers of Italy	Meloni

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Lists of government ministers of Italy