Minister for the South

The Minister for the South (Italian: Ministro per il Sud) in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government.

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).