Ministry of the Colonies (Italy)
The Ministry of the Colonies was the ministry of the government of the Kingdom of Italy responsible for the government of the country's colonial possessions and the direction of their economies. It was set up on 20 November 1912 by Royal Decree n. 1205, turning the Central Direction of Colonial Affairs within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs into a separate ministry. Royal Decree n. 431 of 8 April 1937 renamed it the Ministry of Italian Africa after the Italian annexation of Ethiopia and the birth of Italian East Africa. It was suppressed on 19 April 1953 by law n. 430.
List of Ministers
| Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of the Colonies | ||||||
| Pietro Bartolini (1859–1920) |
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21 November 1912 | 21 March 1914 | Liberal Union | Giolitti IV | |
| Ferdinando Martini (1841–1928) |
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21 March 1914 | 18 June 1916 | Liberal Union | Salandra I·II | |
| Gaspare Colosimo (1859–1944) |
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18 June 1916 | 23 June 1919 | Liberal Union | Boselli Orlando | |
| Luigi Rossi (1867–1941) |
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23 June 1919 | 14 March 1920 | Radical Party | Nitti I | |
| Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868–1953) |
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14 March 1920 | 21 May 1920 | Radical Party | ||
| Meuccio Ruini (1877–1970) |
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21 May 1920 | 15 June 1920 | Radical Party | Nitti II | |
| Luigi Rossi (1867–1941) |
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15 June 1920 | 4 July 1921 | Radical Party | Giolitti V | |
| Giuseppe Girardini (1856–1923) |
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4 July 1921 | 26 February 1922 | Italian Social Democratic Party |
Bonomi I | |
| Giovanni Amendola (1888–1926) |
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26 February 1922 | 30 October 1922 | Democratic Liberal Party | Facta I·II | |
| Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) |
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30 October 1922 | 3 June 1924 | Italian Nationalist Association |
Mussolini | |
| Pietro Scalea (1863–1938) |
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3 June 1924 | 6 November 1926 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Luigi Federzoni (1878–1967) |
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6 November 1926 | 18 December 1928 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
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18 December 1928 | 12 September 1929 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) |
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12 September 1929 | 17 January 1935 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
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17 January 1935 | 11 June 1936 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Alessandro Lessona (1891–1991) |
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11 June 1936 | 8 April 1937 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Minister of Italian Africa | ||||||
| Alessandro Lessona (1891–1991) |
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8 April 1937 | 20 November 1937 | National Fascist Party | Mussolini | |
| Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) |
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20 November 1937 | 31 October 1939 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Attilio Teruzzi (1882–1950) |
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31 October 1939 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | ||
| Melchiade Gabba (1874–1952) |
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27 July 1943 | 11 February 1944 | Military | Badoglio I | |
| Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) |
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11 February 1944 | 8 June 1944 | Military | Badoglio I·II | |
| Ivanoe Bonomi (1873–1951) |
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8 June 1944 | 21 June 1945 | Labour Democratic Party | Bonomi II·III | |
| Ferruccio Parri (1890–1981) |
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21 June 1945 | 8 December 1945 | Action Party | Parri | |
| Alcide De Gasperi (1881–1954) |
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10 December 1945 | 19 April 1953 | Christian Democracy | De Gasperi I·II·III | |
| De Gasperi IV·V·VI·VII | ||||||
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