Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy)

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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 Stefania Giannini.

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 - Renzi Cabinet

References

  1. The Public Education ministry was subsumed into the Ministro dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca

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