Craxi I Cabinet

Craxi I Cabinet
42nd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)
Date dissolved	1 August 1986 (1986-08-01)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini Francesco Cossiga
Head of government	Bettino Craxi
Total no. of members	29 (incl. PM and Deputy PM)
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Pentapartito
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PR, DP
History
Election(s)	1983 election
Legislature term(s)	IX Legislature (1983–1987)
Predecessor	Fanfani V Cabinet
Successor	Craxi II Cabinet

The Craxi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the Italian government which held office from 4 August 1983 until 1 August 1986, for a total of 1,093 days, or 2 years, 11 months and 28 days.^[1][2]

Party breakdown[]

Ministers and other members[]

• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): prime minister, 5 ministers and 14 undersecretaries
• Christian Democracy (DC): deputy prime minister, 15 ministers and 31 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[]

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	Giuliano Amato (PSI)
	Deputy Prime Minister	Arnaldo Forlani	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Giulio Andreotti	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Susanna Agnelli (PRI) (PSDI) (DC) (PSI) Francesco Forte (PSI)
	Minister of the Interior	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(PSI) (DC) (DC) Raffaele Costa (PLI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Mino Martinazzoli	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) (PSI) (PSDI)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Pietro Longo	4 August 1983 – 13 July 1984		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	(DC) Carlo Vizzini (PSDI) (until 30 July 1984) (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984)
		Bettino Craxi (ad interim)	13 July 1984 – 30 July 1984		Italian Socialist Party
		Pier Luigi Romita	30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister of Finance	Bruno Visentini	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party	(DC) (DC) (DC) (PSI)
	Minister of Treasury	Giovanni Goria	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) Manfredo Manfredi (DC) (until 25 February 1984) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) (since 6 April 1984) (PSI) (PRI)
	Minister of Defence	Giovanni Spadolini	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party	Tommaso Bisagno (DC) (DC) (PRI) Silvano Signori (PSI)
	Minister of Public Education	Franca Falcucci	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) (DC) (PLI) (PSI)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Nicolazzi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Gaetano Gorgoni (PRI) Mario Tassone (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(PSI) (DC)
	Minister of Transport	Claudio Signorile	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	(DC) (PLI) (DC)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Antonio Gava	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Avellone (DC) Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Giuseppe Reina (PSI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Renato Altissimo	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Liberal Party	(DC) (DC) (PSI)
	Minister of Health	Costante Degan	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) Francesco De Lorenzo (PLI) Carlo Romei (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Nicola Capria	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	(DC) (DC)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Gianuario Carta	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) (PSDI) (until 2 August 1984) (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984)
	Minister of State Holdings	Clelio Darida	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) (PSI)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Gianni De Michelis	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	(DC) (PSDI) (DC)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Antonino Pietro Gullotti	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Galasso (PRI)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Lelio Lagorio	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Pier Luigi Romita	4 August 1983 – 30 July 1984		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
		Carlo Vizzini	30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister for Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio)	Luigi Granelli	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Francesco Forte	4 August 1983 – 9 May 1985		Italian Socialist Party
		Loris Fortuna	9 May 1985 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Scotti	4 August 1983 – 26 March 1984		Christian Democracy
		Giuseppe Zamberletti	26 March 1984 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Ecology (without portfolio)	Alfredo Biondi	4 August 1983 – 31 July 1985		Italian Liberal Party
		Valerio Zanone	31 July 1985 – 1 August 1986		Italian Liberal Party
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Remo Gaspari	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)		4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	(DC) (PSI) (until 16 March 1984) (PSI) (since 6 April 1984)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Oscar Mammì	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party

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