Deputy Prime Minister of Italy

Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
Incumbent
Office not in use
since 22 February 2014
Council of Ministers
Appointer President of the Republic
Inaugural holder Luigi Einaudi,
Randolfo Pacciardi,
Giuseppe Saragat

The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, officially Deputy President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. The office of the Deputy Prime Ministeri is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices to give seniority to a particular Cabinet minister. The office was last held by Angelino Alfano, during Enrico Letta's premiership.

Unlike analogous offices in some other nations, such as a vice-presidency, the Italian deputy prime minister possesses no special constitutional powers as such, though they will always have particular responsibilities in government. They do not assume the duties and powers of the Prime Minister in the latter's absence, illness, or death, such as the powers to seek a dissolution of parliament, appoint peers or brief the President of the Republic.

They do not automatically succeed the Prime Minister, should the latter be incapacitated or resign from the leadership of his or her political party. In practice, however, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power.

In coalition government, as Enrico Letta Grand coalition government between the Democrats and The People of Freedom, the appointment of the secretary of the smaller party (in the 2014 case, Angelino Alfano, secretary of the PdL) as Deputy Prime Minister is done to give that person more authority within the cabinet to enforce the coalition's agreed-upon agenda.[1]

List

Parties

  Liberal Party   Republican Party   Democratic Socialist Party   Christian Democracy   Socialist Party

  Lega Nord   National Alliance   Democratic Party of the Left   People's Party   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats   Forza Italia   Democratic Party   New Centre-Right

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Party Prime Minister
Luigi Einaudi
(1947–)		 1 January 1947 24 May 1948 Italian Liberal Party Alcide De Gasperi
Randolfo Pacciardi
(1899–1991)		 Italian Republican Party
Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		 24 May 1948 27 January 1950 Christian Democracy
Giovanni Porzio
(1873–1962)		 Italian Liberal Party
Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Office not in use 1950–1951
Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		 26 July 1951 17 August 1953 Christian Democracy
Office not in use 1953–1954 Giuseppe Pella
Amintore Fanfani
Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		 10 February 1954 19 May 1957 Italian Democratic Socialist Party Mario Scelba
Antonio Segni
Giuseppe Pella
(1902–1981)		 19 May 1957 1 July 1958 Christian Democracy Adone Zoli
Antonio Segni
(1891–1972)		 1 July 1958 15 February 1959 Christian Democracy Amintore Fanfani
Office not in use 1959–1960 Antonio Segni
Fernando Tambroni
Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		 26 July 1960 4 December 1963 Christian Democracy
Giovanni Leone
Pietro Nenni
(1891–1980)		 4 December 1963 24 June 1968 Italian Socialist Party Aldo Moro
Office not in use June–December 1968 Giovanni Leone
Francesco De Martino
(1907–2002)		 12 December 1968 5 August 1969 Italian Socialist Party Mariano Rumor
Paolo Emilio Taviani
(1912–2001)		 5 August 1968 27 March 1970 Christian Democracy
Francesco De Martino
(1907–2002)		 27 March 1970 17 February 1972 Italian Socialist Party Emilio Colombo
Office not in use February–June 1972 Giulio Andreotti
Mario Tanassi
(1916–2007)		 26 June 1972 7 July 1973 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Office not in use 1973–1974 Mariano Rumor
Ugo La Malfa
(1903–1979)		 23 November 1974 12 February 1976 Italian Republican Party Aldo Moro
Office not in use 1976–1979 Giulio Andreotti
Ugo La Malfa
(1903–1979)		 20 March 1979 26 March 1979 Italian Republican Party
Office not in use 1979–1983 Francesco Cossiga
Arnaldo Forlani
Giovanni Spadolini
Amintore Fanfani
Arnaldo Forlani
(1925–)		 4 August 1983 17 April 1987 Christian Democracy Bettino Craxi
Office not in use April–July 1987 Amintore Fanfani
Giuliano Amato
(1938–)		 28 July 1987 13 April 1988 Italian Socialist Party Giovanni Goria
Gianni De Michelis
(1940–)		 13 April 1988 22 July 1989 Italian Socialist Party Ciriaco De Mita
Claudio Martelli
(1943–)		 22 July 1989 28 June 1992 Italian Socialist Party Giulio Andreotti
Office not in use 1992–1994 Giuliano Amato
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Roberto Maroni
(1955–)		 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 Lega Nord Silvio Berlusconi
Giuseppe Tatarella
(1935–1999)		 National Alliance
Office not in use 1995–1996 Lamberto Dini
Walter Veltroni
(1955–)		 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Democratic Party of the Left Romano Prodi
Sergio Mattarella
(1941–)		 21 October 1998 22 December 1999 Italian People's Party Massimo D'Alema
Office not in use 1999–2001
Giuliano Amato
Gianfranco Fini
(1952–)		 11 June 2001 23 April 2005 National Alliance Silvio Berlusconi
Marco Follini
(1954–)		 Union of Christians and Centre Democrats
Gianfranco Fini
(1952–)		 23 April 2005 17 May 2006 National Alliance
Giulio Tremonti
(1947–)		 Forza Italia
Massimo D'Alema
(1949–)		 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 Democratic Party Romano Prodi
Francesco Rutelli
(1954–)		 Democratic Party
Office not in use 2008–2013 Silvio Berlusconi
Mario Monti
Angelino Alfano
(1970–)		 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 New Centre-Right Enrico Letta
Office not in use 2014–incumbent Matteo Renzi

Timeline

Living former Deputy Prime Ministers

There are ten living former Italian Prime Ministers:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vice-Presidente del Consiglio – Angelino Alfano
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