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Cabinets of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)
LegislatureYearsCabinets
I1848–1849Balbo, Casati, Alfieri, Perrone, Gioberti
II1849Chiodo
III1849De Launay
IV1849–1853D'Azeglio I, D'Azeglio II, Cavour I
V1853–1859Cavour II
VI1859–1860La Marmora I
VII1860–1861Cavour III
Kingdom of Italy Governments (1861–1946)
# Government Term start – Term End End date Days in Office Effective Days
1.Cavour IV23 March 1861 – 12 June 18616 June 18618175
2.Ricasoli I12 June 1861 – 3 March 186228 February 1862264261
3.Rattazzi I3 March 1862 – 8 December 18621 December 1862280273
4.Farini8 December 1862 – 24 March 186324 March 1863106106
5.Minghetti I24 March 1863 – 28 September 186423 September 1864554549
6.La Marmora II28 September 1864 – 31 December 186521 December 1865459449
7.La Marmora III31 December 1865 – 20 June 186620 June 1866171171
8.Ricasoli II20 June 1866 – 10 April 18674 April 1867294288
9.Rattazzi II10 April 1867 – 27 October 186719 October 1867200192
10.Menabrea I27 October 1867 – 5 January 186823 December 18677057
11.Menabrea II5 January 1868 – 13 May 18697 May 1869494488
12.Menabrea III13 May 1869 – 14 December 186922 November 1869215193
13.Lanza14 December 1869 – 10 July 187326 June 187313041290
14.Minghetti II10 July 1873 – 25 March 187619 March 1876989983
15.Depretis I25 March 1876 – 29 December 187715 December 1877644630
16.Depretis II29 December 1877 – 24 March 18789 March 18788570
17.Cairoli I24 March 1878 – 19 December 187812 December 1878270263
18.Depretis III19 December 1878 – 14 July 18793 July 1879207196
19.Cairoli II14 July 1879 – 25 November 187918 November 1879134127
20.Cairoli III25 November 1879 – 29 May 188114 May 1881551536
21.Depretis IV29 May 1881 – 25 May 188322 May 1883726723
22.Depretis V25 May 1883 – 30 March 188420 March 1884310300
23.Depretis VI30 March 1884 – 29 June 188518 June 1885456445
24.Depretis VII29 June 1885 – 4 April 18878 February 1887644589
25.Crispi I7 August 1887 – 9 March 188928 February 1889580571
26.Depretis VIII4 April 1887 – 7 August 188729 July 1887125116
27.Crispi II9 March 1889 – 9 February 189131 January 1891702693
28.Di Rudinì I9 February 1891 – 15 May 189214 April 1892461430
29.Giolitti I15 May 1892 – 15 December 189324 November 1893579558
30.Crispi III15 December 1893 – 14 June 18945 June 1894181172
31.Crispi IV14 June 1894 – 10 March 18965 March 1896635630
32.Di Rudinì II10 March 1896 – 15 July 189611 July 1896127123
33.Di Rudinì III15 July 1896 – 14 December 18976 December 1897517509
34.Di Rudinì IV14 December 1897 – 1 June 189828 May 1898169165
35.Pelloux I30 June 1898 – 15 May 18993 May 1899319307
36.Pelloux II15 May 1899 – 25 June 190018 June 1900406399
37.Saracco25 June 1900 – 15 February 19017 February 1901235227
38.Zanardelli15 February 1901 – 3 November 190321 October 1903991978
39.Giolitti II3 November 1903 – 16 March 19054 March 1905499487
40.Tittoni16 March 1905 – 28 March 190525 March 1905129
41.Fortis I28 March 1905 – 24 December 190518 December 1905271265
42.Fortis II24 December 1905 – 8 February 19062 February 19064640
43.Sonnino I8 February 1906 – 30 May 190618 May 190611199
44.Giolitti III30 May 1906 – 11 December 19093 December 190912911283
45.Sonnino II11 December 1909 – 31 March 191021 March 1910110100
46.Luzzatti31 March 1910 – 30 March 191119 March 1911364353
47.Giolitti IV30 March 1911 – 21 March 191410 March 191410871076
48.Salandra I21 March 1914 – 5 November 191431 October 1914229224
49.Salandra II5 November 1914 – 19 June 191610 June 1916592583
50.Boselli19 June 1916 – 30 October 191726 October 1917498494
51.Orlando30 October 1917 – 23 June 191919 June 1919601597
52.Nitti I23 June 1919 – 22 May 192012 May 1920334324
53.Nitti II22 May 1920 – 16 June 19209 June 19202518
54.Giolitti V16 June 1920 – 4 July 192127 June 1921383376
55.Bonomi I4 July 1921 – 26 February 19222 February 1922237213
56.Facta I26 February 1922 – 1 August 192219 July 1922156143
57.Facta II1 August 1922 – 31 October 192227 October 19229187
58.Mussolini31 October 1922 – 27 July 194325 July 194375744757
59.Badoglio I27 July 1943 – 24 April 194417 April 1944272265
60.Badoglio II24 April 1944 – 18 June 19448 June 19445545
61.Bonomi II18 June 1944 – 12 December 194426 November 1944177161
62.Bonomi III12 December 1944 – 21 June 194512 June 1945191182
63.Parri21 June 1945 – 10 December 194524 November 1945172156
64.De Gasperi I10 December 1945 – 14 July 19461 July 1946216203
65.Di Rudinì V1 June 1898 – 30 June 189818 June 18982917
Post-World War II Italian Governments
Legislature Government Prime Minister Party Term Dates Duration (Days)
Kingdom of Italy
(transitional constitutional period)		 Badoglio I Pietro Badoglio Military 25 July 1943 17 April 1944 267
Badoglio II 22 April 1944 8 June 1944 48
Bonomi II Ivanoe Bonomi PDL-DC-PCI-PLI-PSIUP-PdA 18 June 1944 10 December 1944 175
Bonomi III 12 December 1944 19 June 1945 189
Parri Ferruccio Parri PdA-DC-PCI-PLI-PSIUP-PDL 21 June 1945 8 December 1945 170
De Gasperi I Alcide De Gasperi DC-PCI-PLI-PSIUP-PdA-PDL 10 December 1945 1 July 1946 204
Constituent Assembly
De Gasperi II 13 July 1946 28 January 1947 199
De Gasperi III 2 February 1947 31 May 1947 119
De Gasperi IV 31 May 1947 23 May 1948 358
1st legislature
De Gasperi V 23 May 1948 14 January 1950 601
De Gasperi VI 27 January 1950 19 July 1951 538
De Gasperi VII 26 July 1951 7 July 1953 712
2nd legislature
De Gasperi VIII 16 July 1953 2 August 1953 18
Pella Giuseppe Pella 17 August 1953 12 January 1954 148
Fanfani I Amintore Fanfani 18 January 1954 8 February 1954 22
Scelba Mario Scelba 10 February 1954 2 July 1955 508
Segni I Antonio Segni 6 July 1955 15 May 1957 679
Zoli Adone Zoli 19 May 1957 1 July 1958 408
3rd legislature
Fanfani II Amintore Fanfani 1 July 1958 15 February 1959 229
Segni II Antonio Segni 15 February 1959 23 March 1960 403
Tambroni Fernando Tambroni 25 March 1960 26 July 1960 123
Fanfani III Amintore Fanfani 26 July 1960 21 February 1962 575
Fanfani IV 21 February 1962 21 June 1963 485
4th legislature
Leone I Giovanni Leone 21 June 1963 4 December 1963 166
Moro I Aldo Moro 4 December 1963 22 July 1964 231
Moro II 22 July 1964 23 February 1966 581
Moro III 23 February 1966 24 June 1968 853
5th legislature
Leone II Giovanni Leone 24 June 1968 12 December 1968 171
Rumor I Mariano Rumor 12 December 1968 8 August 1969 239
Rumor II 8 August 1969 27 March 1970 231
Rumor III 27 March 1970 6 August 1970 132
Colombo Emilio Colombo 6 August 1970 17 February 1972 560
Andreotti I Giulio Andreotti 17 February 1972 26 July 1972 160
6th legislature
Andreotti II 26 July 1972 7 July 1973 346
Rumor IV Mariano Rumor 7 July 1973 14 March 1974 250
Rumor V 14 March 1974 23 November 1974 254
Moro IV Aldo Moro 23 November 1974 12 February 1976 446
Moro V 12 February 1976 29 July 1976 168
7th legislature
Andreotti III Giulio Andreotti 29 July 1976 11 March 1978 589
Andreotti IV 11 March 1978 20 March 1979 374
Andreotti V 20 March 1979 4 August 1979 137
8th legislature
Cossiga I Francesco Cossiga 4 August 1979 4 April 1980 244
Cossiga II 4 April 1980 18 October 1980 197
Forlani Arnaldo Forlani 18 October 1980 28 June 1981 253
Spadolini I Giovanni Spadolini PRI 28 June 1981 23 August 1982 421
Spadolini II 23 August 1982 1 December 1982 100
Fanfani V Amintore Fanfani DC-PSI-PSDI-PLI 1 December 1982 4 August 1983 246
9th legislature
Craxi I Bettino Craxi PSI-DC-PSDI-PRI-PLI 4 August 1983 1 August 1986 1092
Craxi II 1 August 1986 17 April 1987 259
Fanfani VI Amintore Fanfani DC 17 April 1987 28 July 1987 102
10th legislature
Goria Giovanni Goria 28 July 1987 13 April 1988 259
De Mita Ciriaco De Mita 13 April 1988 22 July 1989 465
Andreotti VI Giulio Andreotti 22 July 1989 12 April 1991 629
Andreotti VII 12 April 1991 24 April 1992 378
11th legislature
Amato I Giuliano Amato PSI 28 June 1992 28 April 1993 304
Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Independent (Coalition DC - PSI - PDS - PRI) 28 April 1993 10 May 1994 377
12th legislature
Berlusconi I Silvio Berlusconi FI-MSI-LN-UdC-CCD-FLD 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 252
Dini Lamberto Dini Independent (External support PDS - PPI - LN) 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 486
13th legislature
Prodi I Romano Prodi L'Ulivo 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 887
D'Alema I Massimo D'Alema L'Ulivo 21 October 1998 22 December 1999 427
D'Alema II 22 December 1999 25 April 2000 125
Amato II Giuliano Amato L'Ulivo 25 April 2000 11 June 2001 412
14th legislature
Berlusconi II Silvio Berlusconi FI-LN-AN-CCD-CDU 11 June 2001 23 April 2005 1412
Berlusconi III 23 April 2005 17 May 2006 389
15th legislature
Prodi II Romano Prodi L'Ulivo 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 722
16th legislature
Berlusconi IV Silvio Berlusconi PdL-LN 8 May 2008 16 November 2011 1288
Monti Mario Monti Independent (External support PdL - PD - UdC) 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 530
17th legislature
Letta Enrico Letta PD (Coalition PD - PdL - SC - UdC) 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 300
Renzi Matteo Renzi PD (Coalition PD - NCD - SC - UdC - PSI) 22 February 2014 12 December 2016 1024
Gentiloni Paolo Gentiloni PD (Coalition PD - AP - CpE - PSI) 12 December 2016 1 June 2018 536
18th legislature Conte I Giuseppe Conte Independent (Coalition M5S - Lega) 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 461
Conte II Independent (Coalition M5S - PD - IV - LeU) 5 September 2019 13 February 2021 526
Draghi Mario Draghi Independent (Coalition M5S - Lega - PD - IV - LeU - FI) 13 February 2021 22 October 2022 616
19th legislature Meloni Giorgia Meloni FdI-Lega-FI 22 October 2022 Incumbent 1266

Statistics

  • Average government duration: 361 days
  • Number of governments since the end of World War II: 70 (64 since the proclamation of the Republic in 1946)
  • Number of Prime Ministers since the end of World War II: 32 (29 since the proclamation of the Republic in 1946)

Records

  • Longest government: Berlusconi II (three years, ten months, and twelve days, or 1,412 days).
  • Shortest government: De Gasperi VIII (seventeen days).
  • Most terms as head of government: Alcide De Gasperi (eight, all consecutive!).
  • Longest cumulative term as head of government:[1] Alcide De Gasperi (seven years, ten months, and twenty-two days, or 2,792 days[2]).
  • Longest period without a new Prime Minister:[3] eleven years and seven months (from the investiture of Massimo D'Alema to that of Mario Monti).
  • Party with the longest continuous tenure as head of government: Christian Democracy (thirty-five years, six months, and eighteen days).

Main Prime Ministers

Only those Prime Ministers who have completed at least three terms are listed (party and number of terms in parentheses)

These six men alone account for thirty-five of the sixty-two Prime Ministerial terms since the end of the war. It is also worth noting that none of them come from the centre-left (although all those from its ranks have served two terms, before the current legislature).

Feminization of Governments

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