Amato II Cabinet

Amato II Cabinet
56th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	26 April 2000 (2000-04-26)
Date dissolved	11 June 2001 (2001-06-11) (412 days)
People and organisations
Head of state	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Head of government	Giuliano Amato
No. of ministers	25 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member parties	DS, PPI, Dem, FdV, PdCI, UDEUR, RI, SDI
Status in legislature	Centre-left coalition
Opposition parties	FI, LN, AN, PRC, CCD, CDU
Opposition leader	Silvio Berlusconi
History
Outgoing election	2001 election
Legislature term(s)	XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001)
Predecessor	D'Alema II
Successor	Berlusconi II

The Amato II Cabinet was the 56th cabinet of the Italian Republic, the fourth and last cabinet of the XIII Legislature. It held office from 26 April 2000 to 11 June 2001, a total of 412 days, or 1 year, 1 month and 17 days.

The cabinet obtained the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies on 28 April 2000 with 319 votes in favour and 298 against.,^[1] and the confidence of the Senate on 3 May 2000 with 179 votes in favour, 112 against and 2 abstentions.^[2]

Amato resigned on 31 May 2001, at the end of the legislature.^[3]

Party breakdown[]

Ministers[]

Ministers and other members[]

• Independents: Prime minister, 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries
• Democrats of the Left (DS): 7 ministers and 19 undersecretaries
• Italian People’s Party (PPI): 5 ministers and 12 undersecretaries
• The Democrats (Dem): 3 ministers and 7 undersecretaries
• Federation of the Greens (FdV): 2 ministers and 2 undersecretaries
• Party of Italian Communists (PdCI): 2 ministers and 2 undersecretaries
• Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEur): 1 minister and 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Renewal (RI): 1 minister and 4 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI): 1 minister and 2 undersecretaries

Composition[]

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Giuliano Amato	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	Enrico Luigi Micheli (PPI) (PPI)[a] Vannino Chiti (DS)[b]
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lamberto Dini	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian Renewal	(Dem) (DS) Rino Serri (DS) Ugo Intini (SDI)
	Minister of the Interior	Enzo Bianco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	(Dem) (DS) Gian Franco Schietroma (SDI) (PPI)
	Minister of Justice	Piero Fassino	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Franco Corleone (FdV) (RI) (Dem)
	Minister of Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning	Vincenzo Visco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Dino Piero Giarda (Ind.) (PPI) (UDEUR) (DS)
	Minister of Finance	Ottaviano Del Turco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian Democratic Socialists	(RI) (DS) Armando Veneto (PPI) (until 9 Feb. 2001)
	Minister of Defense	Sergio Mattarella	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	Gianni Rivera (Dem) Marco Minniti (DS) (UDEUR)
	Minister of Public Education	Tullio De Mauro	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	(Dem) (DS) (PPI) Carla Rocchi (FdV) (until 4 Aug. 2000)
	Minister of Public Works	Nerio Nesi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Party of Italian Communists	(Ind.) (RI) (since 4 Aug. 2000) (PPI) (since 28 Dic. 2000) (PPI) (until 28 Dic. 2000)
	Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Federation of the Greens	(DS) (UDEUR)
	Minister of Transport and Navigation	Pier Luigi Bersani	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Giordano Angelini (DS) (UDEUR) (Dem)
	Minister of Communications	Salvatore Cardinale	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	(PPI) (DS)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce, Craftsmanship and Foreign Trade	Enrico Letta	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	(DS) (DS) (UDEUR)
	Minister of Health	Umberto Veronesi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli (RI) (DS) Carla Rocchi (FdV) (since 4 Aug. 2000)
	Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities	Giovanna Melandri	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	(PPI) (DS)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Cesare Salvi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	(PdCI) (Ind.) (DS)
	Minister of the Environment	Willer Bordon	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	(DS) (PPI)
	Minister of University and Scientific and Technological Research	Ortensio Zecchino	26 April 2000 – 2 February 2001		Italian People's Party	Antonino Cuffaro (PdCI) Luciano Guerzoni (DS) (Dem)
		Giuliano Amato (ad interim)	2 February 2001 – 11 June 2001		Independent
	Minister for Institutional Reforms (without portfolio)	Antonio Maccanico	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	Dario Franceschini (PPI)
	Minister for Equal Opportunities (without portfolio)	Katia Bellillo	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Party of Italian Communists
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Agazio Loiero	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Union of Democrats for Europe
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Patrizia Toia	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	(DS)
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Franco Bassanini	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Dario Franceschini (PPI) (PPI) (PPI)
	Minister of Social Security (without portfolio)	Livia Turco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left
	Minister of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Gianni Francesco Mattioli	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Federation of the Greens

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