Premier Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet is made up of 24 ministers, one more than the government of her predecessor Mario Draghi.
Only six of these government officials are women.
Several ministries have also undergone a change of name under the new centre-right administration.
The economic development ministry has become the ‘business and Made in Italy ministry’, the ecological transition ministry is now called ‘environment and energy security’, and the agricultural polices ministry has been changed to the ‘ministry of agriculture and food sovereignty’.
Listed below are the ministers of Meloni’s government.
FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEPUTY PREMIER: Antonio Tajani, the national coordinator of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (FI) and former President of the European Parliament.
INTERIOR MINISTER: Matteo Piantedosi, the prefect of Rome. He was chief of staff at the ministry when it was headed by Lega leader Matteo Salvini between 2018 and 2019. He is one of several non-political technocrats.
JUSTICE MINISTER: former prosecutor Carlo Nordio, an MP for Meloni’s right-wing Fratelli D’Italia (FdI) party. The 75-year-old made his name in fighting the Red Brigades leftist terrorists in the 70s and 80s, and was a lesser-known member of the Clean Hands team that brought down Italy’s political establishment in the early 1990s.
DEFENCE MINISTER: Guido Crosetto, the co-founder of FdI, along with Meloni and Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa.
ECONOMY MINISTER: Lega bigwig and outgoing Economic Development Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti. He is considered to be one of the Lega’s most pro-EU figures.
BUSINESS AND MADE IN ITALY MINISTER: Adolfo Urso, FdI.
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY MINISTER: Francesco Lollobrigida, FdI Lower House whip.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY SECURITY: Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, FI, former deputy governor of Piedmont.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, AND DEPUTY PREMIER: Lega leader Matteo Salvini.
LABOUR MINISTER: Marina Calderone, technocrat.
EDUCATION MINISTER: Giuseppe Valditara, Lega.
UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH MINISTER: former European policies minister Anna Maria Bernini, FI.
CULTURE MINISTER: Gennaro Sangiugliano, technocrat, the director of RAI television’s Tg2 news.
HEALTH MINISTER: Orazio Schillaci, a technocrat, the dean of Rome’s Tor Vergata University.
TOURISM: Daniela Santanché, FdI.
RELATIONS WITH PARLIAMENT: Luca Ciriani, FdI.
CIVIL SERVICE MINISTER: Paolo Zangrillo, FI.
REGIONAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: Roberto Calderoli, Lega, former reforms minister and ex simplification minister.
SOUTH AND SEA MINISTER: Sebastiano Musumeci, FdI, former Sicily governor.
SPORT AND YOUTH MINISTER: Andrea Abodi, technocrat.
FAMILY, BIRTH RATE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MINISTER: Eugenia Roccella, FdI.
DISABILITY MINISTER: Alessandra Locatelli, Lega.
REFORMS MINISTER: former Senate Speaker Elisabetta Casell
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, TERRITORIAL COHENSION AND NRRP MINISTER: former Puglia governor Raffaele Fitto, FdI.
