Secretary of the Italian Council of Ministers

The Secretary of the Council of Ministers ( Italian Segretario del Consiglio dei Ministri ) is a high-ranking member of the Italian cabinet .

The secretary is selected from among the under-secretaries of the Council of Ministers and, unlike those in the cabinet, assists the prime minister in coordinating the government and its meetings. Therefore, the secretary is usually a person very close to the prime minister. The Secretary of the Council of Ministers, who must not be confused with the largely ceremonial office of Deputy Prime Minister (not all Italian cabinets had one), is similar to that of the White House chief of staff or the head of the Federal Chancellery . It has its seat in the Palazzo Chigi .

The current secretary of the council is Riccardo Fraccaro , a member of the Five Star Movement who was appointed on September 5, 2019 in the government led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte , an independent Prime Minister.

List of secretaries

Official		Term of office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Paolo Cappa	July 14, 1946 to June 1, 1947	Democrazia Cristiana	Alcide De Gasperi
	Giulio Andreotti	June 1, 1947 to August 17, 1953	Democrazia Cristiana
		August 17, 1953 to January 18, 1954		Giuseppe Pella
	Mariano Rumor	January 18, 1954 to February 10, 1954	Democrazia Cristiana	Amintore Fanfani
	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	February 10, 1954 to July 6, 1955	Democrazia Cristiana	Mario Scelba
	Carlo Russo	July 6, 1955 to May 19, 1957	Democrazia Cristiana	Antonio Segni
	Lorenzo Spallino	May 19, 1957 to July 1, 1958	Democrazia Cristiana	Adone Zoli
	Antonio Maxia	July 1, 1958 to February 15, 1959	Democrazia Cristiana	Amintore Fanfani
	Carlo Russo	February 15, 1959 to March 25, 1960	Democrazia Cristiana	Antonio Segni
	Alberto Folchi	March 25, 1960 to July 26, 1960	Democrazia Cristiana	Fernando Tambroni
	Umberto Delle Fave	July 26, 1960 to June 21, 1963	Democrazia Cristiana	Amintore Fanfani
	Crescenzo Mazza	June 21, 1963 to December 4, 1963	Democrazia Cristiana	Giovanni Leone
	Angelo Salizzoni	December 4, 1963 to June 24, 1968	Democrazia Cristiana	Aldo Moro
	Luigi Michele Galli	June 24, 1968 to December 12, 1968	Democrazia Cristiana	Giovanni Leone
	Antonio Bisaglia	December 12, 1968 to August 6, 1970	Democrazia Cristiana	Mariano Rumor
	Dario Antoniozzi	August 6, 1970 to February 18, 1972	Democrazia Cristiana	Emilio Colombo
	Franco Evangelisti	February 18, 1972 to July 7, 1973	Democrazia Cristiana	Giulio Andreotti
	Adolfo Sarti	July 7, 1973 to November 23, 1974	Democrazia Cristiana	Mariano Rumor
	Angelo Salizzoni	November 23, 1974 to July 29, 1976	Democrazia Cristiana	Aldo Moro
	Franco Evangelisti	July 29, 1976 to August 4, 1979	Democrazia Cristiana	Giulio Andreotti
	Piergiorgio Bressani	August 4, 1979 to October 18, 1980	Democrazia Cristiana	Francesco Cossiga
	Luciano Radi	October 18, 1980 to June 28, 1981	Democrazia Cristiana	Arnaldo Forlani
	Francesco Compagna	June 28, 1981 to July 24, 1982	Partito Repubblicano Italiano	Giovanni Spadolini
	Vittorio Olcese	July 24, 1982 to December 1, 1982	Partito Repubblicano Italiano
	Bruno Orsini	December 1, 1982 to August 4, 1983	Democrazia Cristiana	Amintore Fanfani
	Giuliano Amato	August 4, 1983 to April 17, 1987	Partito Socialista Italiano	Bettino Craxi
	Mauro Bubbico	April 17, 1987 to July 28, 1987	Democrazia Cristiana	Amintore Fanfani
	Emilio Rubbi	July 28, 1987 to April 13, 1988	Democrazia Cristiana	Giovanni Goria
	Riccardo Misasi	April 13, 1988 to July 22, 1989	Democrazia Cristiana	Ciriaco De Mita
	Nino Cristofori	July 22, 1989 to June 28, 1992	Democrazia Cristiana	Giulio Andreotti
	Fabio Fabbri	June 28, 1992 to April 28, 1993	Partito Socialista Italiano	Giuliano Amato
	Antonio Maccanico	April 28, 1993 to May 10, 1994	Partito Repubblicano Italiano	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
	Gianni Letta	May 10, 1994 to January 17, 1995	Forza Italia	Silvio Berlusconi
	Lamberto Cardia	January 17, 1995 to May 17, 1996	Non-party	Lamberto Dini
	Enrico Luigi Micheli	May 17, 1996 to October 21, 1998	Partito Popolare Italiano	Romano Prodi
	Franco Bassanini	October 21, 1998 to December 22, 1999	Democratici di Sinistra	Massimo D'Alema
	Enrico Luigi Micheli	December 22, 1999 to April 19, 2000	Partito Popolare Italiano
		April 19, 2000 to June 11, 2001		Giuliano Amato
	Gianni Letta	June 11, 2001 to May 17, 2006	Forza Italia	Silvio Berlusconi
	Enrico Letta	April 17, 2006 to May 8, 2008	Democrazia è Libertà - La Margherita / Partito Democratico	Romano Prodi
	Gianni Letta	May 8, 2008 to November 16, 2011	Forza Italia	Silvio Berlusconi
	Antonio Catricalà	November 16, 2011 to April 28, 2013	Non-party	Mario Monti
	Filippo Patroni Griffi	April 28, 2013 to February 22, 2014	Non-party	Enrico Letta
	Graziano Delrio	February 22, 2014 to April 2, 2015	Partito Democratico	Matteo Renzi
	Claudio De Vincenti	April 2, 2015 to December 12, 2016	Partito Democratico
	Maria Elena Boschi	December 12, 2016 to June 1, 2018	Partito Democratico	Paolo Gentiloni
	Giancarlo Giorgetti	June 1, 2018 to September 5, 2019	Lega Nord	Giuseppe Conte
	Riccardo Fraccaro	since September 5, 2019	Movimento 5 place

Individual evidence

1. ^ Governo, Conte ei ministri hanno giurato. Gentiloni in pole per successione a Moscovici. September 5, 2019, accessed April 29, 2020 (Italian).