Fifth Fanfani government

The Fanfani V Cabinet, led by Amintore Fanfani, was the 41st cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1982 to 1983.

Fanfani V Cabinet
41st Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	1 December 1982 (1982-12-01)
Date dissolved	4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini
Head of government	Amintore Fanfani
Total no. of members	28 (Prime Minister + 27 Ministers)
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PLI External support: PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PR, PdUP
History
Outgoing election	1983 election
Legislature term	VIII Legislature (1979–1983)
Predecessor	Spadolini II Cabinet
Successor	Craxi I Cabinet

The government was composed of DC, PSI, PSDI and PLI, with the external support in Parliament of the PRI.

Fanfani resigned on 29 April 1983, when, after months of tense relations in the majority, the Central Committee of the Italian Socialist Party, meeting on 22 April, decided the exit of the party from the government in order to provoke the early dissolution of the Parliament, which was in fact decreed on 4 May 1983.

Party breakdown

Christian Democracy	14
Italian Socialist Party	8
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	4
Italian Liberal Party	2

Ministers and other members

• Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 13 ministers and 28 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 8 ministers and 16 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 4 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
• Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Amintore Fanfani	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Bruno Orsini (DC) Michele Zolla (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emilio Colombo	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Bruno Corti (PSDI) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Mario Fioret (DC) Roberto Palleschi (PSI)
	Minister of the Interior	Virginio Rognoni	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Marino Corder (DC) Angelo Maria Sanza (DC) Francesco Spinelli (PSI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Clelio Darida	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Gargani (DC) Gaetano Scamarcio (PSI)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Guido Bodrato	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Alberto Aiardi (DC)
	Minister of Finance	Francesco Forte	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Giuseppe Caroli (DC) Antonio Carpino (PSI) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) Paolo Enrico Moro (DC)
	Minister of Treasury	Giovanni Goria	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Manfredo Manfredi (DC) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Angelo Tiraboschi (PSI)
	Minister of Defence	Lelio Lagorio	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Bartolomeo Ciccardini (DC) Francesco Mazzola (DC) Martino Scovacricchi (PSDI)
	Minister of Public Education	Franca Falcucci	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) Maria Magnani Noya (PSI) Giorgio Santuz (DC)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Nicolazzi	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Piergiovanni Malvestio (DC) Enrico Quaranta (PSI)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Calogero Mannino	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Mario Campagnoli (DC) Fabio Maravalle (PSI)
	Minister of Transport	Mario Casalinuovo	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi (DC) Giuseppe Reina (PSI) Enrico Rizzi (PSI)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Remo Gaspari	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Francesco Colucci (PSI) Salvatore Urso (DC)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Avellone (DC) Enrico Novellini (PSI) Francesco Rebecchini (DC)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Vincenzo Scotti	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Angelo Cresco (PSI) Mario Costa (DC) Pino Leccisi (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Nicola Capria	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Edoardo Speranza (DC)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Michele Di Giesi	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Giovanni Nonne (PSI) Francesco Patriarca (DC)
	Minister of State Holdings	Gianni De Michelis	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Silvestro Ferrari (DC) Delio Giacometti (DC)
	Minister of Health	Renato Altissimo	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Liberal Party	Francesco Quattrone (DC) Mario Raffaelli (PSI)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Nicola Signorello	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Nicola Vernola	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy	Francesco Parrino (PSDI)
	Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research (without portfolio)	Pier Luigi Romita	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Dante Schietroma	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Lucio Abis	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Christian Democracy
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Claudio Signorile	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party	Mario Tassone (DC)
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Fabio Fabbri	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Alfredo Biondi	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Liberal Party
	Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio)	Loris Fortuna	1 December 1982 – 4 August 1983		Italian Socialist Party