Ciampi Cabinet
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The Ciampi Cabinet was the 50th cabinet of the Italian Republic, and the second and final cabinet of the XI Legislature. It held office from 28 April 1993 until 10 May 1994, a total of 377 days, or 1 year and 12 days. It was the first government of the Republic to be led by a non-Parliamentarian. Former communists joined the government for the first time since 1947, but they left the government after a few days.
Initial composition of the government:
On 4 May 1993, the day after the government was sworn in, PDS and FdV withdrew their ministers from the government; they were replaced with independents.
Obtained the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies on 7 May 1993 with 309 votes in favour, 60 against and 182 abstentions.
Obtained the confidence of the Senate on 12 May 1993 with 162 votes in favour, 36 against and 50 abstentions.
The government resigned on 13 January 1994.
President of the Council of Ministers
Interior
Grace and Justice
The department incorporated the Ministry of State Holdings following the aborted referendum of 1993.>
Minister
Piero Barucci (DC)
Secretaries
Paolo De Paoli (PSDI), Piergiovanni Malvestio (DC), Maurizio Sacconi
(PSI), Sergio Coloni (DC)
Public Instruction
Public Works
Name changed to Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry following the aborted referendum of 1993.>
Minister
Alfredo Luigi Diana (DC)
Secretaries
Pasquale Diglio (PSI)
Transport
Department closed 24 December 1993, n. 537, art. 1, comma 8.>
Minister
Raffaele Costa
(PLI)
Secretaries
Giorgio Carta (PSDI), Michele Sellitti (PSI)
Department closed 24 December 1993, n. 537, art. 1, comma 8.>
Minister
Raffaele Costa
(PLI) Ad interim.
Secretaries
Giorgio Carta (PSDI), Michele Sellitti (PSI)
Transport and Navigation
Department instituted 24 December 1993, n. 537, art. 1, comma 9, by the merger of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Mercantile Shipping.>
Minister
Raffaele Costa
(PLI) from 1994
Secretaries
Giorgio Carta (PSDI), Michele Sellitti (PSI)
Post and Telecommunications
Initial composition of the government:
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On 4 May 1993, the day after the government was sworn in, PDS and FdV withdrew their ministers from the government; they were replaced with independents.
Obtained the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies on 7 May 1993 with 309 votes in favour, 60 against and 182 abstentions.
Obtained the confidence of the Senate on 12 May 1993 with 162 votes in favour, 36 against and 50 abstentions.
The government resigned on 13 January 1994.
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi dr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is an Italian politician and banker. He was the 73rd Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was the tenth President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006... (Independent) |
Secretary to the President of the Council of Ministers
Antonio Maccanico (PRI) |
Ministers without portfolio
Social Affairs | Fernanda Contri (PSI) |
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Valdo Spini Valdo Spini Valdo Spini is an Italian politician and writer.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party , in 1994 he founded the Labour Federation , of which he was leader until FL merged into the Democrats of the Left . Since then, he was a leading member of the Socialist faction within DS. .Elected MP... (PSI) until 4 May 1993 Livio Paladin (Independent) from 4 May 1993 |
Civil Service | Sabino Cassese Sabino Cassese Sabino Cassese is an Italian Professor of Administrative Law and currently a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy.- Education and career :... (Independent) |
Relations with Parliament | Augusto Barbera (PDS) until 4 May 1993 Paolo Barile (Independent) from 4 May 1993 |
Electoral and Institutional Reform | Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia was an Italian politician.Born in Fano, Marche, he was judge of the Constitutional Court, in Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's government was Minister for Reforms and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994, when Beniamino Andreatta belong President of Popular Party parliamentary... (DC) |
Foreign Affairs
Minister | Beniamino Andreatta Beniamino Andreatta Beniamino Andreatta was an Italian economist and politician.He was a leftish Christian Democrat and one of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1994.Andreatta was born in Trento... (DC) until 19 April 1994 Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia was an Italian politician.Born in Fano, Marche, he was judge of the Constitutional Court, in Carlo Azeglio Ciampi's government was Minister for Reforms and briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994, when Beniamino Andreatta belong President of Popular Party parliamentary... (DC) from 19 April 1994 |
Secretaries | Carmelo Azzarà (DC), Giuseppe Giacovazzo (DC), Laura Fincato (PSI) |
InteriorItalian Minister of the InteriorThis is a list of Italian Ministers of the Interior since 1861.-Kingdom of Italy:-Italian Republic:...
Minister | Nicola Mancino Nicola Mancino Nicola Mancino is an Italian politician. He was President of the Italian Senate from 1996 to 2001. He was also Minister of the Interior from 1992 to 1994.Mancino was born in Montefalcione, province of Avellino... (DC) |
Secretaries | Antonino Murmura (DC), Saverio D'Aquino (PLI), Costantino Dell'Osso (PSI), Vito Riggio (DC, with responsibility for civil protection) |
Grace and JusticeItalian Minister of JusticeThis is a list of Italian Ministers of Justice since 1946.-External links:* *...
Minister | Giovanni Conso Giovanni Conso Giovanni Conso has served on the Constitutional Court of Italy for nine years beginning in 1982, and has served as President of the Accademia dei Lincei since 1989.-References:... (Independent) |
Secretaries | Vincenzo Binetti (DC), Daniela Mazzuconi (DC) |
Budget and Economic Programme
Minister | Luigi Spaventa (Independent) |
Secretaries | Luigi Grillo (DC), Florindo D'Aimmo (DC) |
Finance
Minister | Vincenzo Visco Vincenzo Visco Vincenzo Alfonso Visco is an Italian politician and economist who has served as a government minister.He gained an MSc in Economics at the University of York in 1969 and was awarded an honorary degree in 2004.... (PDS) until 4 May 1993 Franco Gallo (Independent) from 4 May 1993 |
Secretaries | Paolo Bruno (PSDI, from 14 June 1993), Antonio Pappalardo (PSDI, until 22 May 1993), Stefano De Luca (PLI), Riccardo Triglia (DC) |
Treasury
Maurizio Sacconi
Maurizio Sacconi is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as Under-Secretary of the Treasury...
(PSI), Sergio Coloni (DC)
Defence
Minister | Fabio Fabbri (PSI) |
Secretaries | Antonio Giagu Demartini (DC), Antonio Patuelli (PLI) |
Public InstructionMinistry of Public Education (Italy)The Ministry of Public Education was was the organ of the Italian Republic devoted to the administration of the national education system...
Minister | Rosa Iervolino Russo (DC) |
Secretaries | Giuseppe Matulli (DC), Antonio Mario Innamorato (PSI) |
Public WorksItalian Minister of Infrastructures-Ministers of Public Works:-Ministers of Infrastructures and Transports:-Ministers of Infrastructures:-Ministers of Infrastructures and Transports:...
Minister | Francesco Merloni (DC) |
Secretaries | Achille Cutrera (PSI), Pino Pisicchio (DC) |
Agricultural Resources, Food and Forestry
TransportItalian Minister of TransportsThis is a list of the Italian Ministers of Transports. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names. In fact this Ministry has changed name many times....
Raffaele Costa
Raffaele Costa is an Italian politician. He has been President of the Province of Cuneo...
(PLI)
Mercantile Shipping
Raffaele Costa
Raffaele Costa is an Italian politician. He has been President of the Province of Cuneo...
(PLI) Ad interim.
Transport and NavigationItalian Minister of TransportsThis is a list of the Italian Ministers of Transports. The list shows also the ministers that served under the same office but with other names. In fact this Ministry has changed name many times....
Raffaele Costa
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(PLI) from 1994
Post and TelecommunicationsMinistry of Communications (Italy)The Ministry of Communications was a government ministry of the Republic of Italy, dealing with postal, telephone, telegraph and electronic communications, journalistic information and commercial advertising. Set up in 1924, since the Berlusconi IV Cabinet of 2008 it has been subsumed into the...
Minister | Maurizio Pagani (PSDI) |
Secretaries | Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli (DC) |
Industry, Commerce and Craft
Minister | Paolo Savona Paolo Savona Paolo Savona is an Italian economist and university professor.- Institutional career :After graduating from university, his career started by winning the competition to enter the Servizio Studi of Banca d'Italia . Here he worked together with the governors Guido Carli and Paolo Baffi... (Independent) until 19 April 1994 Paolo Baratta ad interim from 19 April 1994 |
Secretaries | Germano De Cinque (DC), Rossella Artioli (PSI) |
Health
Minister | Maria Pia Garavaglia Maria Pia Garavaglia Maria Pia Gravaglia is an Italian politician, former Italian Minister of Health during the Carlo Azeglio Ciampi government and currently is Deputy Mayor of Rome. She was member of Democrazia Cristiana, then of Italian People's Party and Democracy is Freedom – Daisy. She was extraordinary... (DC) |
Secretaries | Nicola Savino (PSI), Publio Fiori Publio Fiori Publio Fiori is an Italian politician.-Career:Fiori was born in Rome and graduated in jurisprudence. He became a member of Democrazia Cristiana , to which he belonged for much of his political career.... (DC) |
Foreign Trade
Minister | Paolo Baratta (Independent) |
Labour and Social Security
Minister | Gino Giugni (PSI) |
Secretaries | Luciano Azzolini (DC), Sandro Principe (PSI) |
Tourism and Entertainment
Minister | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Carlo Azeglio Ciampi dr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is an Italian politician and banker. He was the 73rd Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was the tenth President of the Italian Republic from 1999 to 2006... , ad interim |
The Environment
Minister | Francesco Rutelli (FdV) until 4 May 1993 Valdo Spini Valdo Spini Valdo Spini is an Italian politician and writer.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party , in 1994 he founded the Labour Federation , of which he was leader until FL merged into the Democrats of the Left . Since then, he was a leading member of the Socialist faction within DS. .Elected MP... (PSI) from 4 May 1993 |
Secretaries | Roberto Formigoni Roberto Formigoni Roberto Formigoni is an Italian politician, and the current President of Lombardy Region, Italy.-Life and career:Graduated in Philosophy at the Catholic University of Milan, he studied political economy at the Sorbonne, in Paris.... (DC) |
University, Scientific Research and Technology
Minister | Luigi Berlinguer (PDS) until 4 May 1993 Umberto Colombo Umberto Colombo Umberto Colombo was an Italian track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.Colombo competed in the 100 metres event, but was eliminated in the first round when he placed third in his heat... (Independent) from 4 May 1993 |
Secretaries | Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez is a former high jumper from Cuba most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade... (DC) |