List of prime ministers of Italy by time in office

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Since 1861, there have been 60 people sworn into office as prime minister of Italy: 30 during the monarchic period and 31 during the republican period, with Alcide De Gasperi having served during both. In 2022 Giorgia Meloni became the first woman to hold the office.

Notable lengths

20 years and 267 days: Benito Mussolini (1922–1943) — Longest term and longest total tenure
10 years and 184 days: Giovanni Giolitti (1892–1893, 1903–1905, 1906–1909, 1911–1914 and 1920–1921) — Most non-consecutive terms
9 years and 53 days: Silvio Berlusconi (1994–1995, 2001–2006 and 2008–2011) — Longest-serving prime minister of the republic
16 days: Tommaso Tittoni (1905) — Shortest-serving prime minister

Of the 60 prime ministers, eight served more than 5 years, while seventeen served less than a year. Benito Mussolini was the longest-serving head of government, having settled a dictatorship and ruled the country for a record of 20 years and 267 days;[1][2] Tommaso Tittoni was the shortest-serving prime minister, having governed for 16 days only in 1905.[3][4] The longest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Silvio Berlusconi, who held the position for more than nine years between 1994 and 2011,[5] while the shortest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Fernando Tambroni, who governed for 123 days in 1960.[6]

List of office holders

This list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by the number of calendar days, the figures would be one day greater for each term served.

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N. Prime Minister Time in office Party Term References
1 Benito Mussolini 20 years, 267 days   National Fascist Party 1 [7]
2 Giovanni Giolitti 10 years, 184 days   Historical Left →   Liberal Party 5 [8][9][10][11][12]
3 Silvio Berlusconi 9 years, 53 days   Forza Italia →   The People of Freedom 4 [13][14][15][16]
4 Agostino Depretis 8 years, 275 days   Historical Left 8 [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
5 Alcide De Gasperi 7 years, 250 days   Christian Democracy 8 [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
6 Giulio Andreotti 7 years, 122 days   Christian Democracy 7 [33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
7 Aldo Moro 6 years, 89 days   Christian Democracy 5 [40][41][42][43][44]
8 Francesco Crispi 5 years, 278 days   Historical Left 4 [45][46][47][48]
9 Amintore Fanfani 4 years, 199 days   Christian Democracy 6 [49][50][51][52][53]
10 Romano Prodi 4 years, 148 days   Independent →   Democratic Party 2 [54][55]
11 Marco Minghetti 4 years, 83 days   Historical Right 2 [56][57]
12 Bettino Craxi 3 years, 257 days   Italian Socialist Party 2 [58][59]
13 Antonio Starabba di Rudinì 3 years, 210 days   Historical Right 5 [60][61][62][63][64]
14 Giovanni Lanza 3 years, 208 days   Historical Right 1 [65]
15 Giorgia Meloni 3 years, 199 days   Brothers of Italy 1 [66]
16 Mariano Rumor 3 years, 9 days   Christian Democracy 5 [67][68][69][70][71]
17 Antonio Segni 2 years, 357 days   Christian Democracy 2 [72][73]
18 Matteo Renzi 2 years, 294 days   Democratic Party 1 [74]
19 Giuseppe Zanardelli 2 years, 261 days   Historical Left 1 [75]
20 Giuseppe Conte 2 years, 257 days   Independent 2 [76][77]
21 Benedetto Cairoli 2 years, 224 days   Historical Left 2 [78][79][80]
22 Antonio Salandra 2 years, 89 days   Liberal Party 2 [81][82]
23 Luigi Federico Menabrea 2 years, 48 days   Historical Right 3 [83][84][85]
24 Luigi Pelloux 1 year, 360 days   Military 2 [86][87]
25 Giuliano Amato 1 year, 350 days   Italian Socialist Party →   Independent 2 [88][89]
26 Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora 1 year, 265 days   Military 2 [90][91]
27 Mario Draghi 1 year, 251 days   Independent 1 [92]
28 Ivanoe Bonomi 1 year, 240 days   Reformist Socialist →   Labour Democratic Party 3 [93][94][95]
29 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 1 year, 216 days   Liberal Party 1 [96]
30 Emilio Colombo 1 year, 196 days   Christian Democracy 1 [97]
31 Bettino Ricasoli 1 year, 193 days   Historical Right 2 [98][99]
32 Massimo D'Alema 1 year, 188 days   Democrats of the Left 2 [100][101]
33 Paolo Gentiloni 1 year, 171 days   Democratic Party 1 [102]
34 Mario Monti 1 year, 163 days   Independent 1 [103]
35 Giovanni Spadolini 1 year, 156 days   Italian Republican Party 2 [104][105]
36 Mario Scelba 1 year, 146 days   Christian Democracy 1 [106]
37 Paolo Boselli 1 year, 134 days   Liberal Party 1 [107]
38 Lamberto Dini 1 year, 122 days   Independent 1 [108]
39 Urbano Rattazzi 1 year, 115 days   Historical Left 2 [109][110]
40 Ciriaco De Mita 1 year, 101 days   Christian Democracy 1 [111]
41 Francesco Cossiga 1 year, 74 days   Christian Democracy 2 [112][113]
42 Adone Zoli 1 year, 43 days   Christian Democracy 1 [114]
43 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 1 year, 13 days   Independent 1 [115]
44 Luigi Luzzatti 364 days   Historical Right 1 [116]
45 Francesco Saverio Nitti 358 days   Italian Radical Party 2 [117][118]
46 Giovanni Leone 337 days   Christian Democracy 2 [119][120]
47 Pietro Badoglio 329 days   Military 2 [121][122]
48 Alessandro Fortis 317 days   Historical Left 2 [123][124]
49 Enrico Letta 300 days   Democratic Party 1 [125]
50 Giovanni Goria 259 days   Christian Democracy 1 [126]
51 Arnaldo Forlani 253 days   Christian Democracy 1 [127]
52 Luigi Facta 247 days   Liberal Party →   Italian Liberal Party 2 [128][129]
53 Giuseppe Saracco 236 days   Historical Left 1 [130]
54 Sidney Sonnino 220 days   Historical Right 2 [131][132]
55 Ferruccio Parri 172 days   Action Party 1 [133]
56 Giuseppe Pella 155 days   Christian Democracy 1 [134]
57 Fernando Tambroni 123 days   Christian Democracy 1 [135]
58 Luigi Carlo Farini 106 days   Historical Right 1 [136]
59 Camillo Benso di Cavour 75 days   Historical Right 1 [137]
60 Tommaso Tittoni 16 days   Historical Right 1 [138]
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