D'Alema I Cabinet
The D'Alema I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999.
D'Alema I Cabinet | |
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54th Cabinet of Italy | |
Date formed | 21 October 1998 |
Date dissolved | 22 December 1999 (428 days) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Head of government | Massimo D'Alema |
No. of ministers | 26 (incl. Prime Minister) |
Total no. of members | 29 (incl. Prime Minister) |
Member party | DS, PPI, UDR, RI, PdCI, FdV, SDI |
Status in legislature | Centre-left coalition |
Opposition party | FI, AN, LN, PRC, CCD |
Opposition leader | Silvio Berlusconi |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001) |
Predecessor | Prodi I Cabinet |
Successor | D'Alema II Cabinet |
Prodi I Cabinet fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support to Prodi. 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. 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
Ministers
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Ministers and other members
- Democrats of the Left (DS): Prime minister, 7 ministers and 22 undersecretaries
- Italian People’s Party (PPI): Deputy Prime minister, 5 ministers and 11 undersecretaries
- Democratic Union for the Republic (UDR): 3 ministers and 8 undersecretaries
- Independents: 3 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
- Italian Renewal (RI): 2 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
- Party of Italian Communists (PdCI): 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries
- Federation of the Greens (FdV): 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries
- Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI): 1 minister and 2 undersecretaries
Composition of the Government
Portrait | Office | Name | Term | Party | Undersecretaries | |
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Franco Bassanini (DS) Marco Minniti (DS)[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Valentino Martelli (UDR) Umberto Ranieri (DS) Rino Serri (DS) Patrizia Toia (PPI) | ||||||
Franco Barberi (Ind.) Alberto La Volpe (SDI) Diego Masi (UDR) (until 10 March 1999) Alberto Gaetano Maritati (DS) Giannicola Sinisi (PPI) Adriana Vigneri (DS) | ||||||
Giuseppe Ayala (DS) Franco Corleone (FdV) Marianna Li Calzi (RI) Maretta Scoca (UDR) | ||||||
Stefano Cusumano (UDR) (until 26 Apr. 1999) Natale D'Amico (RI) Dino Piero Giarda (Ind.) Laura Pennacchi (DS) (until 09 July 1999) Giorgio Macciotta (DS) Roberto Pinza (PPI) Bruno Solaroli (DS) (since 27 Sept. 1999) | ||||||
Ferdinando De Franciscis (PPI) Fausto Vigevani (DS) Gian Franco Schietroma (SDI) (since 04 Aug. 1999) | ||||||
Fabrizio Abbate (PPI) Massimo Brutti (DS) Paolo Guerrini (PdCI) Gianni Rivera (RI) | ||||||
Teresio Delfino (UDR) (until 04 Aug. 1999) Nadia Masini (DS) Carla Rocchi (FdV) Sergio Zoppi (PPI) | ||||||
Antonio Bargone (DS) Mauro Fabris (UDR) Gianni Francesco Mattioli (FdV) | ||||||
Roberto Borroni (DS) Nicola Fusillo (PPI) | ||||||
Giordano Angelini (DS) Luca Danese (UDR) | ||||||
Vincenzo Maria Vita (DS) Michele Lauria (PPI) | ||||||
Umberto Carpi (DS) Gianfranco Morgando (PPI) | ||||||
Claudio Caron (PdCI) Bianca Maria Fiorillo (RI) Raffaele Morese (Ind.) Luigi Viviani (DS) | ||||||
Antonello Cabras (DS) | ||||||
Monica Bettoni Brandani (DS) Antonino Mangiacavallo (RI) | ||||||
Giampaolo D'Andrea (PPI) Agazio Loiero (UDR) | ||||||
Valerio Calzolaio (DS) | ||||||
Antonino Cuffaro (PdCI) Luciano Guerzoni (DS) | ||||||
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Elena Montecchi (DS) | |||||
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Gianclaudio Bressa (PPI) | |||||
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- With delegation to information and publishing.
- With delegation to security services.