Claudio Vitalone (7 July 1936 – 28 December 2008) was an Italian judge and politician.

[4] In two cabinets headed by Giulio Andreotti Vitalone was the deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1989 to 1992.

[7] He briefly served as foreign trade minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato from June to 29 July 1992 when he resigned from office.

[3] Vitalone along with Andreotti was charged with ordering Mino Pecorelli's killing in Rome in 1979.

[9][10] In 1999, a Perugia court acquitted Vitalone and Andreotti from the charges brought against them.