Prodi I Cabinet
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The Prodi I Cabinet was the cabinet
of the government of Italy
from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998.
Cabinet (government)
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of the government of Italy
Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers, which is led by the President of the Council of Ministers, referred to as "Presidente del Consiglio" in Italian...
from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998.
| Prodi I Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ministry | Minister | Party |
| Prime Minister Secretary |
Romano Prodi Romano Prodi Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008... Enrico Micheli |
Indep. PPI |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, journalist and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was... |
PDS Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:... |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Lamberto Dini | RI Italian Renewal The Italian Renewal was a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini along with some former Liberals, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Republicans and Social Democrats... |
| Minister of the Interior | Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who has been the 11th President of Italy since 2006. A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and later the Democrats of the Left, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and as Minister of the Interior from 1996 to... |
PDS |
| Minister of Treasury and Budget | 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... |
Indep. |
| Minister of Finances | 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 |
| Minister of Defense | 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... |
PPI Italian People's Party (1994-2002) The Italian People's Party was a Christian democratic political party in Italy-History:The party emerged as the successor to Christian Democracy in January 1994... |
| Minister of Justice | Giovanni Maria Flick Giovanni Maria Flick Giovanni Maria Flick is an Italian, journalist, politician, and jurist.-Career:Flick was born in Cirié, Piedmont, to a Roman Catholic family, half-Ethnic German family, as the fifth of seven children.... |
Indep. |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | Pier Luigi Bersani Pier Luigi Bersani Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and the current Secretary of the Democratic Party of Italy, the main center-left political party in Italy . He was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999, Minister of Transports from 1999 to 2001, and Minister of Economic... |
PDS |
| Minister of Agriculture | Michele Pinto Michele Pinto Michele Pinto is a retired Italian Christian Democrat politician and Italy's agriculture minister from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998... |
PPI |
| Minister of Education, University and Research | Luigi Berlinguer | PDS |
| Minister of Health | Rosy Bindi Rosy Bindi Maria Rosaria Bindi, best known as Rosy Bindi is an Italian politician and the current President of the Democratic Party.-Career:... |
PPI |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Tiziano Treu | RI |
| Minister of Public Works |
Antonio Di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro Antonio Di Pietro is an Italian politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament, an Italian Senator, and Minister of the Prodi Government... Paolo Costa Paolo Costa Paolo Costa is an Italian Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.... (since 20 November 1996) |
Indep. Indep. |
| Minister of Transports | Claudio Burlando Claudio Burlando Claudio Burlando is an Italian politician, and the current Governor of Liguria, Italy.-External links:* *... |
PDS |
| Minister of Environment | Edo Ronchi | Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:... |
| Minister of Culture | Walter Veltroni | PDS |
| Minister of Communications | Antonio Maccanico | UD |
| Minister of International Trade | Augusto Fantozzi | RI |
| Minister without portfolio (Public Administration, Regional Affairs) | Franco Bassanini Franco Bassanini Franco Bassanini is an Italian politician, minister and undersecretary of state.He was a deputy from 1979 to 1996 and a senator from 1996 to 2006. He was also president of "Astrid", a think-tank specialising in the study of institutional and administrative reform... |
PDS |
| Minister without portfolio (Social Solidarity) | Livia Turco Livia Turco Livia Turco is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party .She came from a working class background in Morozzo, Cuneo and studied in Cuneo and Torino. In Torino she began her political career by becoming onvolved with the communist party, becoming a deputy in 1987... |
PDS |
| Minister without portfolio (Equal Opportunities) | Anna Finocchiaro Anna Finocchiaro Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo is an Italian politician. She is the Democratic Party's leader in the Senate. She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996-98.-Biography:... |
PDS |
| Minister without portfolio (Parliament) | Giorgio Bogi (since 14 March 1997) | PDS |