First D'Alema government | |
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54th Cabinet of Italy | |
Date formed | 21 October 1998 |
Date dissolved | 22 December 1999 (428 days) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Head of government | Massimo D'Alema |
No. of ministers | 26 (incl. Prime Minister) |
Ministers removed | 3 |
Total no. of members | 29 (incl. Prime Minister) |
Member party | DS, PPI, UDR, RI, PdCI, FdV, SDI |
Status in legislature | Centre-left coalition |
Opposition party | FI, AN, LN, PRC, CCD |
Opposition leader | Silvio Berlusconi |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001) |
Predecessor | First Prodi government |
Successor | Second D'Alema government |
The first D'Alema government was the government of Italy from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999.
The first Prodi government fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support to Prodi. This led to the formation of a new government led by Massimo D'Alema as Prime Minister, the first former Communist to lead a NATO country. As the result of a vote of no confidence in Prodi's government, D'Alema's nomination was passed by a single vote. This was the first and so far, the only occasion in the history of the Italian republic on which a vote of no confidence had ever been called; the Republic's many previous governments had been brought down by a majority "no" vote on some crucially important piece of legislation (such as the budget).
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