D'Alema I Cabinet

First D'Alema cabinet

54th cabinet of Italy
Date formed 21 October 1998
Date dissolved 22 December 1999
(427 days)
People and organisations
Head of government Massimo D'Alema
Head of state Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Total number of ministers 25
Member party Democrats of the Left (DS)
Italian People's Party (PPI)
Greens
Democratic Union (UD)
Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)
History
Election(s) 1996 election
Outgoing election 2001 election
Legislature term(s) 9 May 1996 - 30 May 2001 (XIII)
Incoming formation D'Alema I Cabinet formation, 1998
Outgoing formation D'Alema II Cabinet formation, 1999
Predecessor Prodi I Cabinet
Successor D'Alema II Cabinet

The D'Alema I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999.

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).

Composition

Portfolio Minister Tookoffice Leftoffice Party
Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Finance Vincenzo Visco21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Industry and Commerce Pier Luigi Bersani21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Education Luigi Berlinguer21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Labour and Social Security Antonio Bassolino21 October 199821 June 1999Democrats of the Left
 Cesare Salvi21 June 199922 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Cultural Heritage Giovanna Melandri21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of International Trade Piero Fassino21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lamberto Dini21 October 199822 December 1999RI
Minister of Transports Tiziano Treu21 October 199822 December 1999RI
Minister of the Interior Rosa Russo Iervolino21 October 199822 December 1999PPI
Minister for Health Rosy Bindi21 October 199822 December 1999PPI
Minister of Public Works Enrico Micheli21 October 199822 December 1999PPI
Minister of University and Research Ortensio Zecchino21 October 199822 December 1999PPI
Minister of Treasury and Budget Carlo Azeglio Ciampi21 October 199813 May 1999Independent
 Giuliano Amato13 May 199922 December 1999Independent
Minister of Agriculture Paolo De Castro21 October 199822 December 1999Independent
Minister of Defense Carlo Scognamiglio21 October 199822 December 1999UD
Minister of Communications Salvatore Cardinale21 October 199822 December 1999UD
Minister of Justice Oliviero Diliberto21 October 199822 December 1999Communist (PdCI)
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea Edo Ronchi21 October 199822 December 1999Greens

Ministers without portfolio

Portfolio Minister Tookoffice Leftoffice Party
Minister for Regional Affairs Katia Bellillo21 October 199822 December 1999Communist (PdCI)
Minister of Equal Opportunities Laura Balbo21 October 199822 December 1999Greens
Minister of Social Solidarity Livia Turco21 October 199822 December 1999Democrats of the Left
Minister of Parliament Gian Guido Folloni21 October 199822 December 1999UD
Minister of Communitary Policies Enrico Letta21 October 199822 December 1999PPI
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