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| Prodi I Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 53rd cabinet of Italy | |
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| Date formed | 17 May 1996 (1996-05-17) |
| Date dissolved | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) (888 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
| Head of government | Romano Prodi |
No. of ministers | 22 (incl. Prime Minister) |
| Ministers removed .mw-parser-output .noboldfont-weight:normal (Death/resignation/dismissal) | 1 |
| Total no. of ministers | 23 (incl. Prime Minister) |
| Member party | PDS, PPI, RI, FdV, UD External support: PRC |
| Status in legislature | Centre-left coalition |
| Opposition party | FI, AN, LN, CCD, CDU |
| Opposition leader | Silvio Berlusconi |
| History | |
| Election(s) | 1996 election |
| Legislature term(s) | XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001) |
| Predecessor | Dini Cabinet |
| Successor | D'Alema I Cabinet |
The Prodi I Cabinet was the 53rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 17 May 1996 until 21 October 1998.
Contents
1 Formation
2 Fall
3 Party breakdown
4 Composition of the Government
5 References
6 Sources
Formation
On 21 April 1996, the Olive Tree won 1996 general election in alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), making Romano Prodi Prime Minister of Italy. It was the first time since 1946 that the Communists, now gathered in the Democratic Party of the Left, took part in the government of the country and one of their leaders, Walter Veltroni, who ran in ticket with Prodi in a long electoral campaign, was Deputy Prime Minister.
Besides the external support of PRC, the coalition received the support also of some minor parties: the Italian Republican Party (PRI, social-liberal), The Network (social-democratic), the South Tyrolean People's Party (regionalist and Christian democratic) and some other minor parties which later merged with PDS.
The average age of the ministers was 55.9 years and 14 ministers has parliamentary experience.[1] The number of female ministers was three.[1]
Fall
The government fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support. This led to the formation of a new government led by Massimo D'Alema as Prime Minister. There are those who claim that D'Alema deliberately engineered the collapse of the Prodi government to become Prime Minister himself.[citation needed] As the result of a vote of no confidence in Prodi's government, D'Alema's nomination was passed by a single vote. This was the first and so far, the only occasion in the history of the Italian republic on which a vote of no confidence had ever been called; the Republic's many previous governments had been brought down by a majority "no" vote on some crucially important piece of legislation (such as the budget).
Party breakdown
Independents: Prime minister, 3 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
Democratic Party of the Left (PDS): 10 ministers and 16 undersecretaries
Italian People’s Party (PPI): 3 ministers and 11 undersecretaries
Italian Renewal (RI): 3 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
Federation of the Greens (FdV): 1 minister and 3 undersecretaries
Democratic Union (UD): 1 minister and 2 undersecretaries
Segni Pact (Patto): 2 undersecretaries
Italian Socialists (SI): 1 undersecretary
Democratic Alliance (AD): 1 undersecretary
Movement of Unitarian Communists (MCU): 1 undersecretary
Republican Left (SR): 1 undersecretary
Composition of the Government
| First Prodi Government 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | ||||||
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| Portrait | Office | Name | Term | Party | Undersecretaries | |
 | Prime Minister | Romano Prodi | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Independent | Enrico Luigi Micheli (PPI) Arturo Parisi (Ind.) Sergio Zoppi (PPI) Ernesto Bettinelli (Ind.) Elena Montecchi (PDS) Giorgio Bogi (SR) (until 14 March 1997) | |
 | Deputy Prime Minister | Walter Veltroni | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | ||
 | Secretary of the Council of Ministers | Enrico Luigi Micheli | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian People's Party | ||
| Ministers | ||||||
 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Lamberto Dini | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian Renewal | Piero Fassino (PDS) Rino Serri (MCU) Patrizia Toia (PPI) | |
 | Minister of the Interior | Giorgio Napolitano | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Franco Barberi (Ind.) Fabrizio Abbate (PPI) Giannicola Sinisi (PPI) Adriana Vigneri (PDS) Lucio Testa (RI) Angelo Giorgianni (RI) (until 13 March 1998) | |
 | Minister of Grace and Justice | Giovanni Maria Flick | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Independent | Giuseppe Ayala (UD) Franco Corleone (FdV) Antonino Mirone (Patto) | |
 | Minister of Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Independent | Laura Pennacchi (PDS) Giorgio Macciotta (PDS) Isaia Sales (PDS) Roberto Pinza (PPI) Filippo Cavazzuti (PDS) Dino Piero Giarda (Ind.) | |
 | Minister of Finance | Vincenzo Visco | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Giovanni Marongiu (RI) Fausto Vigevani (PDS) Pierluigi Castellani (PPI) (since 21 Nov. 1996) | |
 | Minister of Defense | Beniamino Andreatta | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian People's Party | Massimo Brutti (PPI) Gianni Rivera (Patto) | |
 | Minister of Education, University, Scientific and Technological Research | Luigi Berlinguer | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Nadia Masini (PDS) Carla Rocchi (FdV) Albertina Soliani (PPI) | |
 | Minister of Public Works | Antonio Di Pietro | 17 May 1996 – 20 November 1996 | Independent | Antonio Bargone (PDS) Gianni Francesco Mattioli (FdV) | |
 | Paolo Costa | 20 November 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Independent | |||
 | Minister of Agricultural Resources | Michele Pinto | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian People's Party | Roberto Borroni (PDS) | |
 | Minister of Transport and Navigation | Claudio Burlando | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Giuseppe Albertini (PDS) Giuseppe Soriero (PDS) | |
 | Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Antonio Maccanico | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Union | Vincenzo Maria Vita (PDS) Michele Lauria (PPI) | |
 | Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Pier Luigi Bersani | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Umberto Carpi (PDS) Salvatore Ladu (PPI) | |
 | Minister of Labour and Social Security | Tiziano Treu | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian Renewal | Antonio Pizzinato (PDS) Federica Gasparrini (RI) Elena Montecchi (PDS) (until 23 Feb. 1998) Alessandro Garilli (Ind.) (since 20 March 1998) | |
 | Minister of Foreign Trade | Augusto Fantozzi | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian Renewal | Antonello Cabras (UD) | |
 | Minister of Health | Rosy Bindi | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Italian People's Party | Bruno Viserta Costantini (PDS) Monica Bettoni Brandani (PDS) | |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities | Walter Veltroni | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | Willer Bordon (AD) Alberto La Volpe (SI) | |
 | Minister of the Environment | Edo Ronchi | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Federation of the Greens | Valerio Calzolaio (PDS) | |
| Ministers without portfolio | ||||||
 | Minister of Public Function and Regional Affairs | Franco Bassanini | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | ||
 | Minister for Parliamentary Relations | Giorgio Bogi | 14 March 1997 – 21 October 1998 | Republican Left | ||
 | Minister for Equal Opportunities | Anna Finocchiaro | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | ||
 | Minister of Social Solidarity | Livia Turco | 17 May 1996 – 21 October 1998 | Democratic Party of the Left | ||
References
^ ab De Giorgi, Elisabetta; Francesco Marangoni (2009). "The First Year of Berlusconi's Fourth Government: Formation, Characteristics and Activities" (PDF). Bulletin of Italian Politics. 1 (1): 87–109..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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