New Technocratic Government in Italy: List of Ministers

"The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement." said Mario Monti.



Here is the list of ministers unveiled by premier-designate Mario Monti today:


PREMIER - Mario Monti (68, economist and ex-EU commissioner)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Giulio Terzi di Santa'Agata (65, ambassador to Washington)

ECONOMY - Monti (interim)

INTERIOR - Anna Maria Cancellieri (67, ex-prefect of Genoa and Catania and commissioner of Bologna, Parma)

JUSTICE - Paola Severino (63, lawyer, deputy head of LUISS University in Rome)

DEFENSE - Giampaolo Di Paola (67, head of NATO's military committee)

INDUSTRY AND INFRASTRUCTURE - Corrado Passera (56, CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo bank) LABOUR AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES - Elsa Fornero (63, head of CERP pensions and welfare think tank)

AGRICULTURE - Mario Catania (60, EU liaison chief at same ministry)

ENVIRONMENT - Corrado Clini (64, doctor, ex-director-general of same ministry) EDUCATION - Francesco Profumo (58, head of National Research Council (CNR), ex-head of Turin University)

CULTURE - Lorenzo Ornaghi (63, dean of Milan's Universita' Cattolica university)

HEALTH - Renato Balduzzi (56, professor of constitutional law at Eastern Piedmont University)

CIVIL SERVICE - Luisa Torchia (54, lecturer in administrative law in Rome) TOURISM AND SPORT - Piero Gnudi (73, head of energy group ENEL)

EU AFFAIRS - Enzo Moavero Milanesi (57, specialist in antitrust law, judge at EU Court of First Instance)

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (AID) - Andrea Riccardi (61, founder and head of Catholic lay activist and conflict-mediation group Comunita di Sant'Egidio)

RELATIONS WITH PARLIAMENT - Piero Giarda (75, economist at Milan's Universita' Cattolica university)

CABINET SECRETARY - Antonio Catricala' (59, anti-trust chief)