Berlusconi IV Cabinet

Berlusconi IV Cabinet
In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Preceded by	Prodi II
Succeeded by	Monti I

Berlusconi IV Cabinet was the cabinet of the Italy from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011.

It was the fourth cabinet led by Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy of the Italian Republic (3340 days in office). It was a coalition government composed mainly by two parties, The People of Freedom (PdL) and Lega Nord. Key ministers included Franco Frattini, Giulio Tremonti, Roberto Maroni and Angelino Alfano.

At its formation, the government included 22 ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 61 members. At the end of its term the cabinet was composed of 24 ministers, 4 deputy ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 67 members. It was the second longest-serving government of the Italian Republic with its 1283 days of tenure. It was second only to another government led by Berlusconi, Berlusconi II Cabinet (1409 days from 2001 to 2005).

Cabinet structure

Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Ministry	Minister	Party
President of the Council of Ministers Secretary of the Council	Silvio Berlusconi Gianni Letta	PdL PdL
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Franco Frattini	PdL
Minister of the Interior	Roberto Maroni	Lega Nord
Minister of Economy and Finance Deputy Minister (Budget)	Giulio Tremonti Giuseppe Vegas (until 15 December 2010)	PdL PdL
Minister of Defense	Ignazio La Russa	PdL
Minister of Justice	Angelino Alfano (until 27 July 2011) Nitto Francesco Palma (since 28 July 2011)	PdL PdL
Minister of Economic Development Deputy Minister (Communications) Deputy Minister (International Trade)	Claudio Scajola (until 4 May 2010) Silvio Berlusconi (ad interim 5 May – 4 October 2010) Paolo Romani (since 4 October 2010) Paolo Romani (8 May 2009 – 4 October 2010) Adolfo Urso (8 May 2009 – 15 November 2010) Catia Polidori (since 14 October 2011)	PdL PdL PdL PdL PdL/FLI AP–PT
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Foresty Policies	Luca Zaia (until 16 April 2010) Giancarlo Galan (16 April 2010 – 23 March 2011) Francesco Saverio Romano (since 23 March 2011)	Lega Nord PdL PID–PT
Minister of Education, University and Research	Mariastella Gelmini	PdL
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Deputy Minister (Health)	Maurizio Sacconi (until 12 December 2009 Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs) Ferruccio Fazio (8 May – 12 December 2009)	PdL PdL
Minister of Health	Ferruccio Fazio (since 13 December 2009)	PdL
Minister of Infrastructures and Transports Deputy Minister Deputy Minister	Altero Matteoli Roberto Castelli (since 8 May 2009) Aurelio Misiti (since 14 October 2011)	PdL Lega Nord Ind.
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea	Stefania Prestigiacomo	PdL
Minister of Cultural Heritage	Sandro Bondi (until 23 March 2011) Giancarlo Galan (since 23 March 2011)	PdL PdL
Minister without portfolio (European Affairs)	Andrea Ronchi (until 15 November 2010) Anna Maria Bernini (since 28 July 2011)	PdL/FLI PdL
Minister without portfolio (Federal Reforms)	Umberto Bossi	Lega Nord
Minister without portfolio (Relations with Parliament)	Elio Vito	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Public Administration, Innovation)	Renato Brunetta	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Legislative simplification)	Roberto Calderoli	Lega Nord
Minister without portfolio (Regional Affairs)	Raffaele Fitto	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Platform Accomplishment)	Gianfranco Rotondi	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Equal Opportunities)	Mara Carfagna	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Youth policies)	Giorgia Meloni	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Tourism)	Michela Vittoria Brambilla (since 8 May 2009)	PdL
Minister without portfolio (Subsidiarity, Decentralization)	Aldo Brancher (18 June – 5 July 2010)	PdL

Sources

• Italian Government - Berlusconi IV Cabinet