Italian Armed Forces
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armed forces of the Republic of Italy
Key facts
- Founded
- 4 May 1861, (165 years)
- Service branches
- Italian Army Italian Navy Italian Air Force Carabinieri
- Headquarters
- Rome
- President of italy
- Sergio Mattarella
- Prime minister
- Giorgia Meloni
- Minister of defence
- Guido Crosetto
- Chief of the defence staff
- General Luciano Portolano
- Active personnel
- 165,500
- Reserve personnel
- 18,300
- Budget
- € 31.3 billion (2025), ~ $ 33,8 billion( ranked 12th )
- Percent of gdp
- 1.5% (2024)
- Domestic suppliers
- Avio , Beretta , Fincantieri , Fiocchi Munizioni , Intermarine , Iveco , Leonardo , Piaggio Aerospace
- Foreign suppliers
- United States , Germany , Israel , France , United Kingdom , Canada , NATO , European Union
- Annual imports
- US$326 million (2014–2022)
- Annual exports
- US$886 million (2014–2022)
- History
- Military history of Italy , Warfare directory of Italy , Wars involving Italy , Battles involving Italy
- Ranks
- Army ranks , Navy ranks , Air Force ranks , Carabinieri Ranks
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- armed forces
- Has part
- Carabinieri
- Official name
- Forze Armate Italiane
- Country
- Italy
- Headquarters
- Rome
- Employees
- 41867
- Image
- 2june 2007 318b.jpg
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- Commons category
- Military of Italy
- inception
- 1861-05-04
- topic's main category
- Category:Military of Italy
- commanded by
- Sergio Mattarella
- topic has template
- Template:Italian Military
- short name
- FF.AA.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Italian Armed Forces (Italian: Forze armate italiane, pronounced [ˈfɔrtse arˈmaːte itaˈljaːne]) encompass the Italian Army, the Italian Navy and the Italian Air Force. A fourth branch of the armed forces, known as the Carabinieri, take on the role as the nation's military police and are also involved in missions and operations abroad as a combat force. Despite not being a branch of the armed forces, the Guardia di Finanza is organized along military lines.
These five forces comprise a total of 340,885 men and women with the official status of active military personnel, of which 167,057 are in the Army, Navy and Air Force. The President of Italy heads the armed forces as the President of the High Council of Defence established by article 87 of the Constitution of Italy. According to article 78, the Parliament has the authority to declare a state of war and vest the powers to lead the war in the Government.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Italian Armed Forces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.