List of prime ministers of Italy

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The prime minister of Italy is officially the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri).

Contents 1 Prime Ministers of Italy (1861-Present) 1.1 Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) 1.2 Presidents of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (1946-Present) 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Prime Ministers of Italy (1861-Present)

[edit] Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

	Name	Image	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
1	Camillo Benso, count of Cavour		1810-1861	23 March 1861	7 June 1861	Liberal-Conservative
2	Bettino Ricasoli (1st time)		1809-1880	12 June 1861	3 March 1862	Liberal-Conservative
3	Urbano Rattazzi (1st time)		1808-1873	3 March 1862	8 December 1862	Democrat
4	Luigi Carlo Farini		1812-1866	8 December 1862	24 March 1863	Liberal-Conservative
5	Marco Minghetti (1st time)		1818-1886	24 March 1863	28 September 1864	Liberal-Conservative
6	Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora		1804-1878	28 September 1864	20 June 1866	Liberal-Conservative
7	Bettino Ricasoli (2nd time)		1809-1880	20 June 1866	10 April 1867	Liberal-Conservative
8	Urbano Rattazzi (2nd time)		1808-1873	10 April 1867	27 October 1867	Democrat
9	Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea		1809-1896	27 October 1867	14 December 1869	Liberal-Conservative
10	Giovanni Lanza		1810-1882	14 December 1869	10 July 1873	Liberal-Conservative
11	Marco Minghetti (2nd time)		1818-1886	10 July 1873	25 March 1876	Liberal-Conservative
12	Agostino Depretis (1st time)		1813-1887	25 March 1876	24 March 1878	Democrat
13	Benedetto Cairoli (1st time)		1825-1889	24 March 1878	19 December 1878	Democrat
14	Agostino Depretis (2nd time)		1813-1887	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	Democrat
15	Benedetto Cairoli (2nd time)		1825-1889	14 July 1879	29 May 1881	Democrat
16	Agostino Depretis (3rd time)		1813-1887	29 May 1881	29 July 1887	Democrat
17	Francesco Crispi (1st time)		1819-1901	29 July 1887	6 February 1891	Democrat
18	Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1st time)		1839-1908	6 February 1891	15 May 1892	Liberal-Conservative
19	Giovanni Giolitti (1st time)		1842-1928	15 May 1892	15 December 1893	Liberal-Conservative
20	Francesco Crispi (2nd time)		1819-1901	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	Democrat
21	Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (2nd time)		1839-1908	10 March 1896	29 June 1898	Liberal-Conservative
22	Luigi Pelloux		1839-1924	29 June 1898	24 June 1900	Liberal-Conservative
23	Giuseppe Saracco		1821-1907	24 June 1900	15 February 1901	Democrat/Liberal
24	Giuseppe Zanardelli		1826-1903	15 February 1901	3 November 1903	Liberal
25	Giovanni Giolitti (2nd time)		1842-1928	3 November 1903	12 March 1905	Liberal
26	Tommaso Tittoni		1855-1931	12 March 1905	28 March 1905	Liberal-Conservative
27	Alessandro Fortis		1842-1909	28 March 1905	8 February 1906	Liberal
28	Sidney Sonnino (1st time)		1847-1922	8 February 1906	29 May 1906	Liberal-Conservative
29	Giovanni Giolitti (3rd time)		1842-1928	29 May 1906	11 December 1909	Liberal
30	Sidney Sonnino (2nd time)		1847-1922	11 December 1909	31 March 1910	Liberal-Conservative
31	Luigi Luzzatti		1841-1927	31 March 1910	30 March 1911	Liberal
32	Giovanni Giolitti (4th time)		1842-1928	30 March 1911	21 March 1914	Liberal
33	Antonio Salandra		1853-1931	21 March 1914	18 June 1916	Liberal-Conservative
34	Paolo Boselli		1838-1932	18 June 1916	29 October 1917	Liberal-Conservative
35	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando		1860-1952	23 October 1917	23 June 1919	Liberal
36	Francesco Saverio Nitti		1868-1953	23 June 1919	15 June 1920	Radical Party
37	Giovanni Giolitti (5th time)		1842-1928	15 June 1920	4 July 1921	Liberal
38	Ivanoe Bonomi (1st time)		1873-1951	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	Italian Reform Socialist Party
39	Luigi Facta		1861-1930	26 February 1922	31 October 1922	Liberal
40	Benito Mussolini (il Duce, titled as Head of the Government from 1925)		1883-1945	31 October 1922	25 July 1943	National Fascist Party
41	Marshal Pietro Badoglio		1871-1956	25 July 1943	18 June 1944	None (Provisional Military Government)
42	Ivanoe Bonomi (2nd time)		1873-1951	18 June 1944	19 June 1945	Labour Democratic Party
43	Ferruccio Parri		1890-1981	21 June 1945	8 December 1945	Action Party
44	Alcide de Gasperi		1881-1954	10 December 1945	1 July 1946	Christian Democracy

[edit] Presidents of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (1946-Present)

	Name	Image	Born-Died	Legislature	Term start	Term end	Political Party
44	Alcide De Gasperi First government with a parliament democratically elected by universal suffrage		1881-1954	I	13 July 1946	2 August 1953	Democrazia Cristiana
45	Giuseppe Pella		1902-1981	II	17 August 1953	12 January 1954	Democrazia Cristiana
46	Amintore Fanfani (1st time)		1908-1999	II	18 January 1954	8 February 1954	Democrazia Cristiana
47	Mario Scelba		1901-1991	II	10 February 1954	2 July 1955	Democrazia Cristiana
48	Antonio Segni (1st time)		1891-1972	II	6 July 1955	15 May 1957	Democrazia Cristiana
49	Adone Zoli		1887-1960	II	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	Democrazia Cristiana
50	Amintore Fanfani (2nd time)		1908-1999	III	1 July 1958	15 February 1959	Democrazia Cristiana
51	Antonio Segni (2nd time)		1891-1972	III	15 February 1959	23 March 1960	Democrazia Cristiana
52	Fernando Tambroni		1882-1963	III	25 March 1960	26 July 1960	Democrazia Cristiana
53	Amintore Fanfani (3rd time)		1908-1999	III	26 July 1960	21 June 1963	Democrazia Cristiana
54	Giovanni Leone (1st time)		1908-2001	IV	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	Democrazia Cristiana
55	Aldo Moro (1st time)		1916-1978	IV	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	Democrazia Cristiana
56	Giovanni Leone (2nd time)		1908-2001	V	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	Democrazia Cristiana
57	Mariano Rumor (1st time)		1915-1990	V	12 December 1968	6 August 1970	Democrazia Cristiana
58	Emilio Colombo		1920-	V	6 August 1970	17 February 1972	Democrazia Cristiana
59	Giulio Andreotti (1st time)		1919-	V - VI	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	Democrazia Cristiana
60	Mariano Rumor (2nd time)		1915-1990	VI	26 July 1973	23 November 1974	Democrazia Cristiana
61	Aldo Moro (2nd time)		1916-1978	VI	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	Democrazia Cristiana
62	Giulio Andreotti (2nd time)		1919-	VII	29 July 1976	4 August 1979	Democrazia Cristiana
63	Francesco Cossiga		1928-	VIII	4 August 1979	18 October 1980	Democrazia Cristiana
64	Arnaldo Forlani		1925-	VIII	18 October 1980	28 June 1981	Democrazia Cristiana
65	Giovanni Spadolini		1925-1994	VIII	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	Partito Repubblicano Italiano
66	Amintore Fanfani (4th time)		1908-1999	VIII	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	Democrazia Cristiana
67	Bettino Craxi		1934-2000	IX	4 August 1983	17 April 1987	Partito Socialista Italiano
68	Amintore Fanfani (5th time)		1908-1999	IX	17 April 1987	28 July 1987	Democrazia Cristiana
69	Giovanni Goria		1943-1994	X	28 July 1987	13 April 1988	Democrazia Cristiana
70	Ciriaco de Mita		1928-	X	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	Democrazia Cristiana
71	Giulio Andreotti (3rd time)		1919-	X	22 July 1989	24 April 1992	Democrazia Cristiana
72	Giuliano Amato (1st time)		1938-	XI	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	Partito Socialista Italiano
73	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi		1920-	XI	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	Independent
74	Silvio Berlusconi (1st time)		1936-	XII	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	Forza Italia
75	Lamberto Dini		1931-	XII	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	Independent
76	Romano Prodi (1st time)		1939-	XIII	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	L'Ulivo
77	Massimo D'Alema		1949-	XIII	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	Democratici di Sinistra
78	Giuliano Amato (2nd time)		1938-	XIII	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	L'Ulivo
79	Silvio Berlusconi (2nd time)		1936-	XIV	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	Forza Italia
80	Romano Prodi (2nd time)		1939-	XV	17 May 2006	Incumbent	Partito Democratico

[edit] See also

• List of Presidents of the Italian Republic
• Politics of Italy
• History of Italy
• Italian Minister of the Interior
• Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Italian Minister of Defense
• Italian Minister of Justice
• Italian Minister of Public Instruction
• Lists of incumbents

[edit] External links

• website of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister of Italy)
• List of Italian Prime Ministers, with information on length of term and party membership

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