First Facta government

Facta I government

57th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed26 February 1922
Date dissolved1 August 1922
People and organisations
Head of stateVictor Emmanuel III
Head of governmentLuigi Facta
Total no. of members15
Member partyPPI, PLI, PLD, DS, PSRI, PA
History
PredecessorBonomi I Cabinet
SuccessorFacta II Cabinet

The Facta I government of Italy held office from 26 February 1922 until 1 August 1922, a total of 237 days, or 7 months and 22 days.[1] It replaced the first cabinet of Ivanoe Bonomi which had not been given a vote of confidence by the Chamber of Deputies on 17 February.[2]

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

Party Ideology Leader
Italian People's Party Christian democracy Luigi Sturzo
Italian Liberal Party Liberalism Giovanni Giolitti
Democratic Liberal Party Liberalism Francesco Saverio Nitti
Social Democracy Social liberalism Giovanni Antonio Colonna
Italian Reformist Socialist Party Social democracy Leonida Bissolati
Agrarian Party Agrarianism Pietro Lanza di Scalea

Composition

The cabinet members were as follows:[2]

Office Name Party Term
Prime Minister Luigi Facta Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of the Interior Luigi Facta Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlo Schanzer Democratic Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs Luigi Rossi Democratic Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Finance Giovanni Battista Bertone Italian People's Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Treasury Camillo Peano Democratic Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of War Pietro Lanza di Scalea Agrarian Party (1922–1922)
Minister of the Navy Roberto De Vito Social Democracy (1922–1922)
Minister of Industry and Commerce Teofilo Rossi Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Public Works Vincenzo Riccio Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Agriculture Giovanni Bertini Italian People's Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Public Education Antonio Anile Italian People's Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Labour and Social Security Arnaldo Dello Sbarba Italian Reformist Socialist Party (1922–1922)
Minister of Post and Telegraphs Giovanni Antonio Colonna Social Democracy (1922–1922)
Luigi Fulci Social Democracy (1922–1922)
Minister of the Colonies Giovanni Amendola Democratic Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Minister for the Lands freed by the Enemy Luigi Facta Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)
Maggiorino Ferraris Italian Liberal Party (1922–1922)

References

  1. ^ I Governo Facta
  2. ^ a b "Italy's New Cabinet and the Fiume Episode". Current History. 16 (1): 168–170. April 1922. JSTOR 45329293.