Poste Italiano
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History
The Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs was established first as an office within the Ministry of Public Works in 1862. It was reorganized into the independent Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs in 1889.
In 1924, it was again reorganized into the much more powerful Ministry of Communications. State-owned enterprises were incorporated for telecoms and broadcasting services.
Between 1994 and 1998, the ministry was gradually privatized. On February 28, 1998, it officially became the Poste Italiane S.p.A.. It acted under the direction of the Ministry of the Treasury; then the Ministry of Economy and Finance after 1999.