Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy)
The Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, in Italian: Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, or MIUR, is the ministry of the Italian government for the national education system, the Italian universities and research. It is currently headed by Valeria Fedeli.
History
In 1988, the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca was split off from the Ministry of Public Education. In the first Romano Prodi cabinet the two were merged back into the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Università, Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, then as the Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca (MIUR) in the second and third Silvio Berlusconi cabinets. The two were re-separated in the second Prodi cabinet of 17 May 2006, but then re-merged in the fourth Berlusconi cabinet of 7 May 2008.
Structure
National level
- Department for ministerial planning and for ministerial management of the education budget, human resources and information
- Department for education
- Department for the universities, higher education establishments in art, music and dance,
The three Departments carry out policies dictated by the Ministry and form the body which directs and programs educational policy.
Local level
Regional education "uffici", which are autonomous administrative centres, carrying out the instructions of the Departments, directly supporting individual schools, and articulating the policies on the ground.
Ministers
Since 2001
| Name | Period | Cabinet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR)[1] | |||
| Letizia Moratti (FI) | 11 June 2001 - 17 May 2006 | Berlusconi II Cabinet Berlusconi III Cabinet | |
| Minister of Public Instruction | |||
| Giuseppe Fioroni (PD) | 17 May 2006 - 8 May 2008 | Prodi II Cabinet | |
| Minister of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR) | |||
| Mariastella Gelmini (PdL) | 8 May 2008 - 16 November 2011 | Berlusconi IV Cabinet | |
| Francesco Profumo (Ind.) | 16 November 2011 - 28 April 2013 | Monti Cabinet | |
| Maria Chiara Carrozza (PD) | 28 April 2013 - 22 February 2014 | Letta Cabinet | |
| Stefania Giannini (PD) | 22 February 2014 - 12 December 2016 | Renzi Cabinet | |
| Valeria Fedeli (PD) | 12 December 2016 - | Gentiloni Cabinet | |
References
- ↑ The Public Education ministry was subsumed into the Ministro dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca