Parri government

Parri government

64th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed21 June 1945
Date dissolved10 December 1945
People and organisations
Head of stateVictor Emmanuel III
Head of governmentFerruccio Parri
Total no. of members16
Member partyDC, PCI, PLI, PSIUP, PdA, PDL
History
PredecessorBonomi III Cabinet
SuccessorDe Gasperi I Cabinet

The Parri government of Italy held office from 21 June until 10 December 1945, a total of 172 days, or 5 months and 19 days.[1] The reasons for its short period included the complex problems that Italy was experiencing and the limited capacity of Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri.[2]

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

Party Ideology Leader
Christian Democracy Christian democracy Alcide De Gasperi
Italian Communist Party Communism Palmiro Togliatti
Italian Liberal Party Liberalism Benedetto Croce
Italian Socialist Party Socialism Pietro Nenni
Action Party Liberal socialism Ferruccio Parri
Labour Democratic Party Social democracy Ivanoe Bonomi

Composition

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister21 June 194510 December 1945 Action Party
Deputy Prime Minister19451945 PSI
19451945 PLI
Minister of the Interior21 June 19458 December 1945 Action Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs12 December 194418 October 1946 DC
Minister of Grace and Justice21 June 19451 July 1946 PCI
Minister of Finance21 June 19452 February 1947 PCI
Minister of Treasury21 June 194522 July 1945 PLI
22 July 19458 December 1945 Independent
Minister of War21 June 19458 December 1945 DC
Minister of the Navy28 July 194314 July 1946 Military
Minister of Aeronautics21 June 194514 July 1946 Labour Democracy
Minister of Industry and Commerce18 June 19441 July 1946 DC
Minister of Public Works21 June 19458 December 1945 PSI
Minister of Labour and Social Security21 June 194513 July 1946 PSI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests22 April 19441 July 1946 PCI
Minister of Public Education12 December 19448 December 1945 PLI
Minister of Transport17 June 19458 December 1945 Action Party
Minister of Post and Telecommunications21 June 19452 February 1947 DC
Minister of Italian Africa21 June 194510 December 1945 Action Party
Minister for Reconstruction21 June 194510 December 1945 Labour Democracy
Minister for Post-War Assistance21 June 194510 December 1945 Action Party
Minister of Supply21 June 194510 December 1945 Labour Democracy
Minister for the National Council21 June 194510 December 1945 PLI
Minister for the Constituent Assembly21 June 194510 December 1945 PSI
Secretary of the Council of Ministers19451945 PCI
19451945 PLI

References

  1. ^ Governo Parri
  2. ^ Douglass Charles Day (1982). The Shaping of Postwar Italian Politics: Italy 1945-1948 (PhD thesis). The University of Chicago. p. 100. ISBN 979-8-205-08303-4. ProQuest 303267078.