Salvatore Valitutti (1907–1992) was an educator and liberal politician who served as the minister of public education in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga in the period 1979–1980.

[3] Following the completion of secondary education in Salerno Valitutti attended the University of Political Sciences in Rome and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political sciences in 1930.

[3] Valitutti was an academic by profession and was the president of the University for Foreigners in Perugia.

[4] In 1963 Valitutti was elected as a deputy and began to serve at the Italian Parliament.

[6] He was named as the minister of public education in the cabinet of Francesco Cossiga and was in office between 5 August 1979 and 4 April 1980.