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Second Craxi government
The Craxi II Cabinet was the 43rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1986 to 1987.
Craxi II Cabinet | |
|---|---|
43rd Cabinet of Italy | |
| Date formed | 1 August 1986 |
| Date dissolved | 18 April 1987 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Francesco Cossiga |
| Head of government | Bettino Craxi |
| Member parties | DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government Pentapartito |
| Opposition parties | PCI, MSI, PR, DP |
| History | |
| Legislature term(s) | IX Legislature (1983–1987) |
| Predecessor | Craxi I Cabinet |
| Successor | Fanfani VI Cabinet |
The cabinet, headed for the second time by the socialist leader Bettino Craxi, was supported by the penta-party coalition, composed of Christian Democracy (DC), Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Italian Republican Party (PRI) and Italian Liberal Party (PLI).
Craxi resigned on 3 March 1987,[1] resignations then confirmed on 9 April.[2]
It was the first time that the Christian Democracy delegation abandoned a government to which it contributed, in a decisive way, to give life.[3]
Party breakdown edit
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Ministers and other members edit
- Italian Socialist Party (PSI): prime minister, 5 ministers and 14 undersecretaries
- Christian Democracy (DC): deputy prime minister, 15 ministers and 32 undersecretaries
- Italian Republican Party (PRI): 3 ministers and 6 undersecretaries
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
- Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
Composition edit
| Portrait | Office | Name | Term | Party | Undersecretaries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Bettino Craxi | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Giuliano Amato (PSI) | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Arnaldo Forlani | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Giulio Andreotti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Susanna Agnelli (PRI) Francesco Cattanei (DC) Bruno Corti (PSDI) Francesco Forte (PSI) Mario Raffaelli (PSI) | ||
| Minister of the Interior | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Paolo Barsacchi (PSI) Adriano Ciaffi (DC) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Angelo Pavan (DC) Valdo Spini (PSI) | ||
| Minister of Grace and Justice | Virginio Rognoni | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Luciano Bausi (DC) Dante Cioce (PSDI) Salvatore Frasca (PSI) | ||
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Pier Luigi Romita | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Alberto Aiardi (DC) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) | ||
| Minister of Finance | Bruno Visentini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | Franco Bortolani (DC) Carlo Merolli (DC) Raffaele Russo (DC) Domenico Susi (PSI) | ||
| Minister of Treasury | Giovanni Goria | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Beniamino Finocchiaro (PSI) Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Gianni Ravaglia (PRI) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) | ||
| Minister of Defence | Giovanni Spadolini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | Tommaso Bisagno (DC) Vittorio Olcese (PRI) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Silvano Signori (PSI) | ||
| Minister of Public Education | Franca Falcucci | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Domenico Amalfitano (DC) Luigi Covatta (PSI) Mario Dal Castello (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) | ||
| Minister of Public Works | Franco Nicolazzi | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Gaetano Gorgoni (PRI) Mario Tassone (DC) | ||
| Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Filippo Maria Pandolfi | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giulio Santarelli (PSI) Mariotto Segni (DC) | ||
| Minister of Transport | Claudio Signorile | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi (DC) Giuseppe Santonastaso (DC) | ||
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Antonio Gava | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Avellone (DC) Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Giuseppe Demitry (PSI) | ||
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Valerio Zanone | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Liberal Party | Angelo Gaetano Cresco (PSI) Savino Melillo (PLI) Nicola Sanese (DC) Giorgio Santuz (DC) | ||
| Minister of Health | Carlo Donat-Cattin | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Paola Cavigliasso (DC) Saverio D'Aquino (PLI) Gualtiero Nepi (DC) | ||
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Rino Formica | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Gianfranco Rocelli (DC) Alberto Rossi (DC) | ||
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Costante Degan | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Silvano Costi (PSDI) Antonino Murmura (DC) | ||
| Minister of State Holdings | Clelio Darida | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Delio Meoli (PSI) Angelo Picano (DC) | ||
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Gianni De Michelis | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Andrea Borruso (DC) Gianfranco Conti Persini (PSDI) Pietro Mezzapesa (DC) | ||
| Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | Antonino Pietro Gullotti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Galasso (PRI) | ||
| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | Nicola Capria | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Luciano Faraguti (DC) | ||
| Minister of the Environment | Francesco De Lorenzo | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Liberal Party | Giorgio Postal (DC) | ||
| Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio) | Carlo Vizzini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | |||
| Minister for Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio) | Luigi Granelli | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |||
| Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio) | Fabio Fabbri | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | |||
| Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio) | Giuseppe Zamberletti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |||
| Minister of Public Function (without portfolio) | Remo Gaspari | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |||
| Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio) | Salverino De Vito | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Pasquale Lamorte (DC) Nicola Trotta (PSI) | ||
| Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Oscar Mammì | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | |||