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Prime Ministers of Italy (1861-Present)

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Prime Ministers of Italy (1861-Present)

===Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)===

Name	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Camillo Benso, count of Cavour	1810-1861	23 March 1861	7 June 1861	Liberal-Conservative
Bettino Ricasoli (1st time)	1809-1880	12 June 1861	3 March 1862	Liberal-Conservative
Urbano Rattazzi (1st time)	1808-1873	3 March 1862	8 December 1862	Democrat
Luigi Carlo Farini	1812-1866	8 December 1862	24 March 1863	Liberal-Conservative
Marco Minghetti (1st time)	1818-1886	24 March 1863	28 September 1864	Liberal-Conservative
Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora	1804-1878	28 September 1864	20 June 1866	Liberal-Conservative
Bettino Ricasoli (2nd time)	1809-1880	20 June 1866	10 April 1867	Liberal-Conservative
Urbano Rattazzi (2nd time)	1808-1873	10 April 1867	27 October 1867	Democrat
Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea	1809-1896	27 October 1867	14 December 1869	Liberal-Conservative
Giovanni Lanza	1810-1882	14 December 1869	10 July 1873	Liberal-Conservative
Marco Minghetti (2nd time)	1818-1886	10 July 1873	25 March 1876	Liberal-Conservative
Agostino Depretis (1st time)	1813-1887	25 March 1876	24 March 1878	Democrat
Benedetto Cairoli (1st time)	1825-1889	24 March 1878	19 December 1878	Democrat
Agostino Depretis (2nd time)	1813-1887	19 December 1878	14 July 1879	Democrat
Benedetto Cairoli (2nd time)	1825-1889	14 July 1879	29 May 1881	Democrat
Agostino Depretis (3rd time)	1813-1887	29 May 1881	29 July 1887	Democrat
Francesco Crispi (1st time)	1819-1901	29 July 1887	6 February 1891	Democrat
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (1st time)	1839-1908	6 February 1891	15 May 1892	Liberal-Conservative
Giovanni Giolitti (1st time)	1842-1928	15 May 1892	15 December 1893	Liberal
Francesco Crispi (2nd time)	1819-1901	15 December 1893	10 March 1896	Democrat
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (2nd time)	1839-1908	10 March 1896	29 June 1898	Liberal-Conservative
Luigi Pelloux	1839-1924	29 June 1898	24 June 1900	Liberal-Conservative
Giuseppe Saracco	1821-1907	24 June 1900	15 February 1901	Democrat/Liberal
Giuseppe Zanardelli	1826-1903	15 February 1901	3 November 1903	Liberal
Giovanni Giolitti (2nd time)	1842-1928	3 November 1903	12 March 1905	Liberal
Tommaso Tittoni	1855-1931	12 March 1905	28 March 1905	Liberal-Conservative
Alessandro Fortis	1842-1909	28 March 1905	8 February 1906	Liberal
Sidney Sonnino (1st time)	1847-1922	8 February 1906	29 May 1906	Liberal-Conservative
Giovanni Giolitti (3rd time)	1842-1928	29 May 1906	11 December 1909	Liberal
Sidney Sonnino (2nd time)	1847-1922	11 December 1909	31 March 1910	Liberal-Conservative
Luigi Luzzatti	1841-1927	31 March 1910	30 March 1911	Liberal
Giovanni Giolitti (4th time)	1842-1928	30 March 1911	21 March 1914	Liberal
Antonio Salandra	1853-1931	21 March 1914	18 June 1916	Liberal-Conservative
Paolo Boselli	1838-1932	18 June 1916	29 October 1917	Liberal-Conservative
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando	1860-1952	23 October 1917	23 June 1919	Liberal
Francesco Saverio Nitti	1868-1953	23 June 1919	15 June 1920	Radical Party
Giovanni Giolitti (5th time)	1842-1928	15 June 1920	4 July 1921	Liberal
Ivanoe Bonomi (1st time)	1873-1951	4 July 1921	26 February 1922	Italian Reform Socialist Party
Luigi Facta	1861-1930	26 February 1922	31 October 1922	Liberal
Benito Mussolini ('il Duce', titled as Head of the Government from 1925)	1883-1945	31 October 1922	25 July 1943	National Fascist Party
Marshal Pietro Badoglio	1871-1956	25 July 1943	18 June 1944	None (Provisional Military Government)
Ivanoe Bonomi (2nd time)	1873-1951	18 June 1944	19 June 1945	Labour Democratic Party
Ferruccio Parri	1890-1981	21 June 1945	8 December 1945	Action Party
Alcide de Gasperi	1881-1954	10 December 1945	1 July 1946	Christian Democracy

===Prime Ministers of the Italian Republic (1946-Present)===

Name	Born-Died	Term start	Term end	Political Party
Alcide De Gasperi (First government with a parliament democratically elected by universal suffrage)	1881-1953	13 July 1946	2 August 1953	Democrazia Cristiana
Giuseppe Pella	1902-1981	17 August 1953	12 January 1954	Democrazia Cristiana
Amintore Fanfani (1st time)	1908-1999	18 January 1954	8 February 1954	Democrazia Cristiana
Mario Scelba	1901-1991	10 February 1954	2 July 1955	Democrazia Cristiana
Antonio Segni (1st time)	1891-1972	6 July 1955	15 May 1957	Democrazia Cristiana
Adone Zoli	1887-1960	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	Democrazia Cristiana
Amintore Fanfani (2nd time)	1908-1999	1 July 1958	15 February 1959	Democrazia Cristiana
Antonio Segni (2nd time)	1891-1972	15 February 1959	23 March 1960	Democrazia Cristiana
Fernando Tambroni	1882-1963	25 March 1960	26 July 1960	Democrazia Cristiana
Amintore Fanfani (3rd time)	1908-1999	26 July 1960	21 June 1963	Democrazia Cristiana
Giovanni Leone (1st time)	1908-2001	21 June 1963	4 December 1963	Democrazia Cristiana
Aldo Moro (1st time)	1916-1978	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	Democrazia Cristiana
Giovanni Leone (2nd time)	1908-2001	24 June 1968	12 December 1968	Democrazia Cristiana
Mariano Rumor (1st time)	1915-1990	12 December 1968	6 August 1970	Democrazia Cristiana
Emilio Colombo	1920-	6 August 1970	17 February 1972	Democrazia Cristiana
Giulio Andreotti (1st time)	1919-	17 February 1972	7 July 1973	Democrazia Cristiana
Mariano Rumor (2nd time)	1915-1990	26 July 1973	23 November 1974	Democrazia Cristiana
Aldo Moro (2nd time)	1916-1978	23 November 1974	29 July 1976	Democrazia Cristiana
Giulio Andreotti (2nd time)	1919-	29 July 1976	4 August 1979	Democrazia Cristiana
Francesco Cossiga	1928-	4 August 1979	18 October 1980	Democrazia Cristiana
Arnaldo Forlani	1925-	18 October 1980	28 June 1981	Democrazia Cristiana
Giovanni Spadolini	1925-1994	28 June 1981	1 December 1982	Partito Repubblicano Italiano
Amintore Fanfani (4th time)	1908-1999	1 December 1982	4 August 1983	Democrazia Cristiana
Bettino Craxi	1934-2000	4 August 1983	17 April 1987	Partito Socialista Italiano
Amintore Fanfani (5th time)	1908-1999	17 April 1987	28 July 1987	Democrazia Cristiana
Giovanni Goria	1943-1994	28 July 1987	13 April 1988	Democrazia Cristiana
Ciriaco de Mita	1928-	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	Democrazia Cristiana
Giulio Andreotti (3rd time)	1919-	22 July 1989	24 April 1992	Democrazia Cristiana
Giuliano Amato (1st time)	1938-	28 June 1992	28 April 1993	Partito Socialista Italiano
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	1920-	28 April 1993	10 May 1994	Independent
Silvio Berlusconi (1st time)	1936-	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	Forza Italia
Lamberto Dini	1931-	17 January 1995	17 May 1996	None
Romano Prodi (1st time)	1939-	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	Independent
Massimo D'Alema	1949-	21 October 1998	25 April 2000	Democratici di Sinistra
Giuliano Amato (2nd time)	1938-	25 April 2000	11 June 2001	Independent
Silvio Berlusconi (2nd time)	1936-	11 June 2001	17 May 2006	Forza Italia
Romano Prodi (2nd time)	1939-	17 May 2006	Present	L'Ulivo

See also

★ List of Presidents of the Italian Republic

★ Politics of Italy

★ History of Italy

★ Italian Minister of the Interior

★ Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

★ Italian Minister of Defense

★ Italian Minister of Justice

★ Italian Minister of Public Instruction

★ Lists of incumbents

External links

★ website of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister of Italy)

★ List of Italian Prime Ministers, with information on length of term and party membership