First Facta government

Facta I government
57th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	26 February 1922
Date dissolved	1 August 1922
People and organisations
Head of state	Victor Emmanuel III
Head of government	Luigi Facta
Total no. of members	15
Member party	PPI, PL, PLD, DS, PSRI, PA
History
Predecessor	Bonomi I Cabinet
Successor	Facta II Cabinet

The Facta I government of Italy held office from 26 February 1922 until 1 August 1922, a total of 237 days, or 7 months and 22 days. ^[1] It replaced the first cabinet of Ivanoe Bonomi which had not been given a vote of confidence by the Chamber of Deputies on 17 February. ^[2]

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Italian People's Party	Christian democracy	Luigi Sturzo
	Liberal Party	Liberalism	Giovanni Giolitti
	Democratic Liberal Party	Liberalism	Francesco Saverio Nitti
	Social Democracy	Social liberalism	Giovanni Antonio Colonna
	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Social democracy	Ivanoe Bonomi
	Agrarian Party	Agrarianism	Pietro Lanza di Scalea

Composition

The cabinet members were as follows: ^[2]

Office	Name	Party		Term
Prime Minister	Luigi Facta		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of the Interior	Luigi Facta		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Carlo Schanzer		Democratic Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs	Luigi Rossi		Democratic Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Finance	Giovanni Battista Bertone		Italian People's Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Treasury	Camillo Peano		Democratic Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of War	Pietro Lanza di Scalea		Agrarian Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of the Navy	Roberto De Vito		Social Democracy	(1922–1922)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Teofilo Rossi		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Public Works	Vincenzo Riccio		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Agriculture	Giovanni Bertini		Italian People's Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Public Education	Antonio Anile		Italian People's Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Arnaldo Dello Sbarba		Italian Reformist Socialist Party	(1922–1922)
Minister of Post and Telegraphs	Giovanni Antonio Colonna		Social Democracy	(1922–1922)
	Luigi Fulci		Social Democracy	(1922–1922)
Minister of the Colonies	Giovanni Amendola		Democratic Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
Minister for the Lands freed by the Enemy	Luigi Facta		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)
	Maggiorino Ferraris		Liberal Party	(1922–1922)

References

1. I Governo Facta
2. "Italy's New Cabinet and the Fiume Episode". Current History. 16 (1): 168–170. April 1922. JSTOR   45329293.