Minister Of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
As in most countries, in Italy the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of the most important ministerial positions. The office was one of the position which Italy inheredited from the Kingdom of Sardinia where it was the most ancient ministry of the government: this origin gives to the office a ceremonial primacy into the Italian cabinet.
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