The Minister of Health (Italian: ''Ministro della Salute'') in
Italy
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is one of the positions in the
Italian government
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The Italian Consti ...
. The ministry was officially established in 1958, with
Vincenzo Monaldi
Vincenzo Monaldi (16 April 1899, in Monte Vidon Combatte, Province of Fermo – 7 November 1969) was an Italian physician and physiologist. His family lived in Grottazzolina, some of his relatives still live there, two brothers Giulio and Francesc ...
, of the
Christian Democracy
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It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
, serving as the first minister. From 1946 to 1958, the position was held by a High Commissioners for Hygiene and Public Health, who was not a minister but a special commissioner. Nicola Perrotti, of the
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country.
Founded in Genoa in 189 ...
, served as the first high commissioner.
The current head of the
Ministry of Health is professor
Orazio Schillaci
Orazio Schillaci (born 27 April 1966) is an Italian politician who has been Minister of Health in the Meloni government since October 2022.
In 1990 he graduated in medicine and surgery at Sapienza University, where he then obtained in 1994 the ...
, appointed on 22 October 2022 by Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni
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Ministro – Ministero della Salute
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Timeline
See also
* Ministry of Health (Italy)
External links
Ministero della Salute
''Official website of the Ministry of Health''
References
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Health
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