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First Prodi cabinet

53th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed17 May 1996
Date dissolved21 October 1998
(887 days)
People and organisations
Head of stateOscar Luigi Scalfaro
Head of governmentRomano Prodi
Total no. of members20
Member partyDemocratic Party of the Left (PDS)
Italian People's Party (PPI)
Italian Renewal (RI)
Greens
Democratic Union (UD)
History
Election1996 election
Outgoing election2001 election
Legislature term9 May 1996 - 30 May 2001 (XIII)
Incoming formationProdi I Cabinet formation, 1996
Outgoing formationD'Alema I Cabinet formation, 1998
PredecessorDini Cabinet
SuccessorD'Alema I Cabinet

The Prodi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998.

On 21 April 1996, The Olive Tree won 1996 general election in alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), making Romano Prodi Prime Minister of Italy. It was the first time since 1946 that the Communists, now gathered in the Democratic Party of the Left, took part in the government of the country and one of their leaders, Walter Veltroni, who ran in ticket with Prodi in a long electoral campaign, was Deputy Prime Minister.

Besides the external support of PRC, the coalition received the support also of some minor parties: the Italian Republican Party (PRI, social-liberal), Movement for Democracy – The Network (social-democratic), the South Tyrolean People's Party (regionalist and Christian democratic) and some other minor parties which later merged with PDS.

Fall

The government fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support. 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.[citation needed] 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 Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister17 May 199621 October 1998 Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs17 May 199621 October 1998 RI
Minister of the Interior17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Treasury and Budget17 May 199621 October 1998 Independent
Minister of Finance17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Defense17 May 199621 October 1998 PPI
Minister of Justice17 May 199621 October 1998 Independent
Minister of Industry and Commerce17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister for Agricolture17 May 199621 October 1998 PPI
Minister of Education, University and Research17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Labour and Social Security17 May 199621 October 1998 RI
Minister for Health17 May 199621 October 1998 PPI
Minister of Public Works17 May 199620 November 1996 Independent
20 November 199621 October 1998 Independent
Minister of Transoprts17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea17 May 199621 October 1998 Greens
Minister of Cultural Heritage17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Communications17 May 199621 October 1998 Democratic Union (Italy)
Minister of International Trade17 May 199621 October 1998 RI

Ministers without portfolio

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Minister for Regional Affairs and Public Administration17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Equal Opportunities17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Social Solidarity17 May 199621 October 1998 PDS
Minister of Parliament14 March 199721 October 1998 PDS

Sources

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