D'Alema II Cabinet

D'Alema II Cabinet
55th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	22 December 1999 (1999-12-22)
Date dissolved	26 April 2000 (2000-04-26) (127 days)
People and organisations
Head of state	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Head of government	Massimo D'Alema
Total no. of members	26 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member party	DS, PPI, Dem, UDEUR, PdCI, RI, FdV Abstention: SDI
Status in legislature	Centre-left coalition
Opposition party	FI, LN, AN, PRC, CCD, CDU
Opposition leader	Silvio Berlusconi
History
Legislature term(s)	XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001)
Predecessor	D'Alema I Cabinet
Successor	Amato II Cabinet

The D'Alema II Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 22 December 1999 to 26 April 2000.

Following the exit from the majority of the United Christian Democrats led by Rocco Buttiglione and of the Union for the Republic led by Francesco Cossiga, and in order to allow The Democrats to join the government, Massimo D'Alema resigned and formed a new government. The Italian Democratic Socialists, instead, did not participate to the formation of the cabinet and they decided to abstain in the vote of confidence to the new government.

The government stood in office for only 4 months: after the heavy defeat of The Olive Tree at the 2000 regional elections, D'Alema resigned for an "act of political sensitivity".^[1]

The task of forming a new government was entrusted to Giuliano Amato, already minister in the two D'Alema cabinets.

Party breakdown[]

Ministers[]

Ministers and other members[]

• Democrats of the Left (DS): Prime minister, 8 ministers and 19 undersecretaries
• Italian People’s Party (PPI): 6 ministers and 14 undersecretaries
• The Democrats (Dem): 4 ministers and 8 undersecretaries
• Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR): 2 minister and 5 undersecretaries
• Independents: 2 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
• Party of Italian Communists (PdCI): 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries
• Italian Renewal (RI): 1 minister and 5 undersecretaries
• Federation of the Greens (FdV): 1 minister and 3 undersecretaries
• Valdostan Union (UV): 1 undersecretary

Composition[]

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Massimo D'Alema	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	Enrico Luigi Micheli (PPI) Marco Minniti (DS)[a] (DS)[b]
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lamberto Dini	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian Renewal	(DEM) (DS) Rino Serri (DS) (PPI) (since 30 December 1999)
	Minister of the Interior	Enzo Bianco	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		The Democrats	(Ind.) (DS) Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli (RI) (PPI) (DS)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Oliviero Diliberto	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Party of Italian Communists	Giuseppe Ayala (DS) Franco Corleone (FdV) (RI) (DEM)
	Minister of Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning	Giuliano Amato	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Independent	(PPI) Dino Piero Giarda (Ind.) (DS) (PPI) (until 30 December 1999) (DS)
	Minister of Finance	Vincenzo Visco	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(RI) (DS) (UDEUR) (until 30 December 1999) Armando Veneto (PPI) (since 30 December 1999)
	Minister of Defense	Sergio Mattarella	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian People's Party	(PdCI) (UDEUR) (until 30 December 1999) (PPI) (since 30 December 1999) Gianni Rivera (DEM) (UDEUR)
	Minister of Public Education	Luigi Berlinguer	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(DEM) (DS) (PPI) Carla Rocchi (FdV)
	Minister of Public Works	Willer Bordon	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		The Democrats	(Ind.) (UDEUR) (since 30 December 1999) Armando Veneto (PPI) (until 30 December 1999) Gianni Francesco Mattioli (FdV) (PPI)
	Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies	Paolo De Castro	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		The Democrats	(DS) (DEM)
	Minister of Transport and Navigation	Pier Luigi Bersani	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	Giordano Angelini (DS) (UDEUR) (DEM)
	Minister of Communications	Salvatore Cardinale	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Union of Democrats for Europe	(DS) (PPI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Enrico Letta	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian People's Party	(DEM) Lanfranco Turci (DS) (PPI) (since 30 December 1999) (PPI) (until 30 December 1999)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Cesare Salvi	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(PdCI) (RI) (Ind.) Rosario Olivo (DS)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Piero Fassino	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(DS) (PPI) (until 30 December 1999)
	Minister of Health	Rosy Bindi	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian People's Party	(DS) (DS) (RI)
	Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities	Giovanna Melandri	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(PPI) (UDEUR) Adriana Vigneri (DS) (until 30 December 1999)
	Minister of the Environment	Edo Ronchi	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Federation of the Greens	(DS) (PPI)
	Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology	Ortensio Zecchino	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian People's Party	Antonino Cuffaro (PdCI) Luciano Guerzoni (DS) (DEM)
	Minister for Institutional Reforms (without portfolio)	Antonio Maccanico	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		The Democrats	Dario Franceschini (PPI)
	Minister for Equal Opportunities (without portfolio)	Laura Balbo	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Federation of the Greens
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Katia Bellillo	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Party of Italian Communists	(UV)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Agazio Loiero	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Union of Democrats for Europe	(DS)
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Franco Bassanini	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left	(PPI) Adriana Vigneri (DS) (since 30 December 1999)
	Minister of Social Solidarity (without portfolio)	Livia Turco	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Democrats of the Left
	Minister of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Patrizia Toia	22 December 1999 – 26 April 2000		Italian People's Party

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