Fourth Andreotti government

Andreotti IV Cabinet

34th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed13 March 1978 (1978-03-13)
Date dissolved21 March 1979 (1979-03-21)
People and organisations
Head of stateGiovanni Leone
Sandro Pertini
Head of governmentGiulio Andreotti
Member partiesDC
External support:
PCI, PSI, PSDI, PRI,
Status in legislatureOne-party government
History
Legislature termVII Legislature (1976–1979)
PredecessorAndreotti III Cabinet
SuccessorAndreotti V Cabinet

The Andreotti IV Cabinet, led by Giulio Andreotti, was the 34th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

The government obtained confidence on 16 March 1978 in the Chamber of Deputies with 545 votes in favor, 30 against and 3 abstentions,[1] and in the Senate with 267 votes in favor and 5 against.[2]

Despite the dissolution of the reserve by Andreotti and his oath in the hands of President Leone, the birth of the government was uncertain until the night before of his presentation in Parliament. The wide and above all rapid trust given to the government was also the result of the climate of emergency in which Montecitorio was found at the news that, an hour before the opening of the session, the Red Brigades had kidnapped the President of the Christian Democracy Aldo Moro and killed the men of his escort. Moro was also assassinated on 9 May 1978.[3]

Composition

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Foreign Affairs13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of the Interior13 March 197811 May 1978 DC
Giulio Andreotti (ad interim)
11 May 197813 June 1978 DC
13 June 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Grace and Justice13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Finance13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Treasury13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Defence13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Public Education13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Public Works13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Agriculture and Forests13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Transport13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Post and Telecommunications13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship13 March 197825 November 1978 DC
25 November 197821 March 1979 Independent
Minister of Health13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Foreign Trade13 March 197821 March 1979 Independent
Minister of Merchant Navy
Vittorino Colombo (ad interim)
13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of State Holdings13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Labour and Social Security13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)13 March 197821 March 1979 DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers13 March 197821 March 1979 DC

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