Second Moro government

Moro II Cabinet
20th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	22 July 1964
Date dissolved	23 February 1966
People and organisations
Head of state	Antonio Segni Giuseppe Saragat
Head of government	Aldo Moro
Total no. of members	25
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Organic Centre-left
Opposition parties	PCI, PLI, MSI, PDIUM, PSIUP
History
Legislature term	Legislature IV (1963–1968)
Predecessor	Moro I Cabinet
Successor	Moro III Cabinet

The Moro II Cabinet was the 20th cabinet of the Italian Republic, headed by Prime Minister Aldo Moro, that held office from 22 July 1963 to 23 February 1964, for a total of 581 days, or 1 year, 7 months and 1 day.[1] The cabinet was described as an organic centre-left government.[2][3]

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 15 ministers, 25 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): deputy prime minister, 5 ministers, 10 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 minister, 1 undersecretary

Composition

Office	Name	Party		Term
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Deputy Prime Minister	Pietro Nenni		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Giuseppe Saragat		PSDI	22 July 1964 – 28 December 1964
	Aldo Moro (ad interim)		DC	28 December 1964 – 5 March 1965
	Amintore Fanfani		DC	5 March 1965 – 30 December 1965
	Aldo Moro (ad interim)		DC	30 December 1965 – 23 February 1966
Minister of the Interior	Paolo Emilio Taviani		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Grace and Justice	Oronzo Reale		PRI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Budget	Giovanni Pieraccini		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Finance	Roberto Tremelloni		PSDI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Treasury	Emilio Colombo		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Defence	Giulio Andreotti		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Public Education	Luigi Gui		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Public Works	Giacomo Mancini		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Mario Ferrari Aggradi		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	Angelo Raffaele Jervolino		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Carlo Russo		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Giuseppe Medici		DC	22 July 1964 – 5 March 1965
	Edgardo Lami Starnuti		PSDI	5 March 1965 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Health	Luigi Mariotti		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Foreign Trade	Bernardo Mattarella		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Merchant Navy	Giovanni Spagnolli		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of State Holdings	Giorgio Bo		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Umberto Delle Fave		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Achille Corona		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister for Particular Political Tasks (without portfolio)	Attilio Piccioni		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Giulio Pastore		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Giovanni Battista Scaglia		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister for Scientific Research (without portfolio)	Carlo Arnaudi		PSI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio)	Luigi Preti		PSDI	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Angelo Salizzoni		DC	22 July 1964 – 23 February 1966

References

1. Governo Moro II
2. Luca Verzichelli; Maurizio Cotta (July 2012). "Technicians, technical government and non-partisan ministers. The Italian experience" (PDF). CirCap. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
3. Fausto De Luca, Giuramento a Segni dei ventisei ministri, in "Stampa Sera", 23 July 1964, page 1