Deputy Prime Minister of Italy

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Deputy Prime minister of The Italian Republic
Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei Ministri della Repubblica Italiana
Flag of the Prime Minister of Italy.svg
Tajani 2023 (cropped).jpg
Matteo Salvini Viminale (cropped).jpg
since 22 October 2022
Council of Ministers
Nominator Prime Minister of Italy
Appointer Council of Ministers [1]
Inaugural holder Palmiro Togliatti
FormationApril 24, 1944;80 years ago (1944-04-24)

The deputy prime minister of Italy, officially the vice-president of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (Italian: Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana), is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. Moreover, it is often colloquially known as Vicepremier. [2] [3] The office of the Deputy Prime Minister 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 is currently held by Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani under Giorgia Meloni's premiership.

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The office is not mentioned in the Constitution. Its role is defined by statutory provisions, most importantly article 8 of law no. 400 of 1998 (Italian: legge n. 400 del 1998). The Deputy Prime Minister assumes the powers of the Prime Minister if the latter becomes unable to discharge his or her duties. In case none was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, it is the eldest Minister who takes upon the role of the Prime Minister in such cases; meanwhile, if there are multiple Deputy Prime Ministers serving at the same time, it falls upon the eldest of them who does so. The Deputy Prime Minister does not automatically succeed the Prime Minister in case the latter resigns, as conventionally, in the aftermath of a resignation, the outgoing Prime Minister remains in place to handle day-to-day business until Parliament picks a successor.

In practice, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may also provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto , if not de jure , power. In a 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. [4]

List of deputy prime ministers

Kingdom of Italy

Parties
Coalitions
Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePartyCabinetRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
Palmiro Togliatti (cropped).png Palmiro Togliatti
(1893–1964)		24 April 194418 June 194455 days Italian Communist Party Badoglio II
Office not in use18 June 1944 – 12 December 1944 Bonomi II
Palmiro Togliatti (cropped).png Palmiro Togliatti
(1893–1964)		12 December 194421 June 19451 year, 9 days Italian Communist Party Bonomi III
Giulio Rodino 2.jpg Giulio Rodinò
(1875–1946)		 Christian Democracy
Pietro Nenni 1948.jpg Pietro Nenni
(1891–1980)		21 June 194510 December 1945172 days Italian Socialist Party Parri
Manlio Brosio.jpg Manlio Brosio
(1897–1980)		 Italian Liberal Party
Pietro Nenni 1948.jpg Pietro Nenni
(1891–1980)		10 December 194513 July 1946262 days Italian Socialist Party De Gasperi I

Italian Republic

Parties
Coalitions
Prime Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePartyCabinetRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
LuigiEinaud.jpg Luigi Einaudi
(1874–1961)		31 May 194723 May 1948358 days Italian Liberal Party De Gasperi IV
Randolfo Pacciardi (IV).jpg Randolfo Pacciardi
(1899–1991)		 Italian Republican Party
Giuseppe Saragat daticamera.jpg Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Attilio Piccioni.jpg Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		23 May 194827 January 19501 year, 249 days Christian Democracy De Gasperi V
Giovanni Porzio.jpg Giovanni Porzio
(1873–1962)		 Italian Liberal Party
Giuseppe Saragat daticamera.jpg Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Office not in use27 January 1950 – 26 July 1951 De Gasperi VI
Attilio Piccioni.jpg Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		26 July 195117 August 19532 years, 22 days Christian Democracy De Gasperi VII·VIII
Office not in use17 August 1953 – 10 February 1954 Pella
Fanfani I
Giuseppe Saragat daticamera.jpg Giuseppe Saragat
(1898–1988)		10 February 195419 May 19573 years, 98 days Italian Democratic Socialist Party Scelba
Segni I
Giuseppe Pella 1963.jpg Giuseppe Pella
(1902–1981)		19 May 19571 July 19581 year, 43 days Christian Democracy Zoli
Antonio Segni Official.jpg Antonio Segni
(1891–1972)		1 July 195816 February 1959229 days Christian Democracy Fanfani II
Office not in use16 February 1959 – 26 July 1960 Segni II
Tambroni
Attilio Piccioni.jpg Attilio Piccioni
(1892–1976)		26 July 19604 December 19633 years, 131 days Christian Democracy Fanfani III·IV
Leone I
Pietro Nenni 1963.jpg Pietro Nenni
(1891–1980)		4 December 196324 June 19684 years, 203 days Italian Socialist Party Moro I·II·III
Office not in use24 June 1968 – 12 December 1968 Leone I
Francesco De Martino.jpg Francesco De Martino
(1907–2002)		12 December 19685 August 1969236 days Italian Socialist Party Rumor I
Paolo Emilio Taviani (IV).jpg Paolo Emilio Taviani
(1912–2001)		5 August 196927 March 1970234 days Christian Democracy Rumor II
Francesco De Martino.jpg Francesco De Martino
(1907–2002)		27 March 197017 February 19721 year, 327 days Italian Socialist Party Rumor II
Colombo
Office not in use17 February 1972 – 26 June 1972 Andreotti I
Mario Tanassi.jpg Mario Tanassi
(1916–2007)		26 June 19727 July 19731 year, 11 days Italian Democratic Socialist Party Andreotti II
Office not in use7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974 Rumor IV·V
Ugo La Malfa.jpg Ugo La Malfa
(1903–1979)		23 November 197412 February 19761 year, 81 days Italian Republican Party Moro IV
Office not in use12 February 1976 – 20 March 1979 Moro V
Andreotti III·IV
Ugo La Malfa.jpg Ugo La Malfa
(1903–1979)		20 March 197926 March 1979 [5] 6 days Italian Republican Party Andreotti V
Office not in use26 March 1979 – 4 August 1983 Cossiga I
Cossiga II
Forlani
Spadolini I·II
Fanfani V
Arnaldo Forlani 2.jpg Arnaldo Forlani
(1925–2023)		4 August 198318 April 19873 years, 257 days Christian Democracy Craxi I·II
Office not in use18 April 1987 – 29 July 1987 Fanfani VI
Giuliano Amato daticamera.jpg Giuliano Amato
(1938–)		29 July 198713 April 1988259 days Italian Socialist Party Goria
Gianni De Michelis.jpg Gianni De Michelis
(1940–2019)		13 April 198822 July 19891 year, 100 days Italian Socialist Party De Mita
Claudio Martelli 2.jpg Claudio Martelli
(1943–)		22 July 198928 June 19922 years, 342 days Italian Socialist Party Andreotti VI·VII
Office not in use28 June 1992 – 10 May 1994 Amato I
Ciampi
Roberto Maroni 1996.jpg Roberto Maroni
(1955–2022)		10 May 199417 January 1995252 days Lega Nord Berlusconi I
Giuseppe Tatarella.jpg Giuseppe Tatarella
(1935–1999)		 National Alliance
Office not in use17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996 Dini
Walter Veltroni 1996.jpg Walter Veltroni
(1955–)		17 May 199621 October 19982 years, 157 days Democratic Party of the Left Prodi I
Sergio Mattarella daticamera 2001.jpg Sergio Mattarella
(1941–)		21 October 199822 December 19991 year, 62 days Italian People's Party D'Alema I
Office not in use22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001 D'Alema II
Amato II
Gianfranco Fini 2001 camera.jpg Gianfranco Fini
(1952–)		11 June 200123 April 20053 years, 316 days National Alliance Berlusconi II
Marco Follini 2001.jpg Marco Follini
(1954–)		2 December 2004142 days Union of Christians and Centre Democrats
Gianfranco Fini 2001 camera.jpg Gianfranco Fini
(1952–)		23 April 200517 May 20061 year, 24 days National Alliance Berlusconi III
Giulio Tremonti 2.jpg Giulio Tremonti
(1947–)		 Forza Italia
Massimo D'Alema 2006.jpg Massimo D'Alema
(1949–)		17 May 20068 May 20081 year, 357 days Democrats of the Left /
Democratic Party 		Prodi II
Francesco Rutelli 2008.jpg Francesco Rutelli
(1954–)		 The Daisy /
Democratic Party
Office not in use8 May 2008 – 28 April 2013 Berlusconi IV
Monti
Angelino Alfano daticamera.jpg Angelino Alfano
(1970–)		28 April 201322 February 2014300 days The People of Freedom /
New Centre-Right 		Letta
Office not in use22 February 2014 – 1 June 2018 Renzi
Gentiloni
MatteoSalvini2018 (cropped).jpg Matteo Salvini
(1973–)		1 June 20185 September 20191 year, 96 days League Conte I
Luigi Di Maio 2018 camera.jpg Luigi Di Maio
(1986–)		 Five Star Movement
Office not in use5 September 2019 – 22 October 2022 Conte II
Draghi
Antonio Tajani daticamera 2022 (cropped).jpg Antonio Tajani
(1953–)		22 October 2022Incumbent2 years, 121 days Forza Italia Meloni
MatteoSalvini2018 (cropped).jpg Matteo Salvini
(1973–)		 League

Timeline

Antonio TajaniMatteo SalviniLuigi Di MaioAngelino AlfanoFrancesco RutelliMassimo D'AlemaGiulio TremontiMarco FolliniGianfranco FiniSergio MattarellaWalter VeltroniGiuseppe TatarellaRoberto MaroniClaudio MartelliGianni De MichelisGiuliano AmatoArnaldo ForlaniUgo La MalfaPaolo Emilio TavianiFrancesco De MartinoAntonio SegniGiuseppe PellaAttilio PiccioniGiovanni PorzioGiuseppe SaragatRandolfo PacciardiLuigi EinaudiPietro NenniManlio BrosioGiulio RodinòPalmiro TogliattiDeputy Prime Minister of Italy

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LEGGE 23 agosto 1988, n. 400".
  2. ↑ Salvini e Di Maio vicepremier: ecco tutti i nomi del governo
  3. ↑ Di Maio e Salvini: tutte le liti tra i due vicepremier
  4. ↑ Vice-Presidente del Consiglio – Angelino Alfano
  5. ↑ Died in office.
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