First Nitti government

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Nitti I government
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53rd Cabinet of Italy
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Date formed23 June 1919
Date dissolved21 May 1920
People and organisations
Head of state Victor Emmanuel III
Head of government Francesco Saverio Nitti
Total no. of members16
Member party UL, PR, PSRI, PLD, PPI
History
Predecessor Orlando Cabinet
Successor Nitti II Cabinet

The Nitti I government of Italy held office from 23 June 1919 until 21 May 1920, a total of 333 days, or 10 months and 28 days. [1]

Contents

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

PartyIdeologyLeader
Liberal Union Liberalism Giovanni Giolitti
Italian Radical Party Radicalism Ettore Sacchi
Italian Reformist Socialist Party Social democracy Leonida Bissolati
Democratic Liberal Party Liberalism Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italian People's Party Christian democracy Luigi Sturzo

Composition

OfficeNamePartyTerm
Prime Minister Francesco Saverio Nitti Italian Radical Party (1919–1920)
Minister of the Interior Francesco Saverio Nitti Italian Radical Party (1919–1920)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Tommaso Tittoni Liberal Union (1919–1919)
Francesco Saverio Nitti Italian Radical Party (1919–1919)
Vittorio Scialoja Liberal Union (1919–1920)
Minister of Grace and Justice Lodovico Mortara Independent (1919–1920)
Minister of Finance Francesco Tedesco Liberal Union (1919–1920)
Carlo Schanzer Democratic Liberal Party (1920–1920)
Minister of Treasury Carlo Schanzer Democratic Liberal Party (1920–1920)
Luigi Luzzatti Democratic Liberal Party (1920–1920)
Minister of War Giovanni Sechi Military (1919–1919)
Alberico Albricci Military (1919–1920)
Ivanoe Bonomi Italian Reformist Socialist Party (1920–1920)
Minister of the Navy Giovanni Sechi Military (1919–1920)
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Labour Dante Ferraris Liberal Union (1919–1920)
Minister of Public Works Edoardo Pantano Italian Radical Party (1919–1920)
Giuseppe De Nava Liberal Union (1920–1920)
Minister of Maritime and Rails Transport Roberto De Vito Italian Radical Party (1919–1920)
Giuseppe De Nava Liberal Union (1920–1920)
Minister of Agriculture Achille Visocchi Democratic Liberal Party (1919–1920)
Alfredo Falcioni Democratic Liberal Party (1920–1920)
Minister of Public Education Alfredo Baccelli Democratic Liberal Party (1919–1920)
Andrea Torre Democratic Liberal Party (1920–1920)
Minister of Post and Telegraphs Pietro Chimenti Liberal Union (1919–1920)
Giulio Alessio Italian Radical Party (1920–1920)
Minister of the Colonies Luigi Rossi Italian Radical Party (1919–1920)
Francesco Saverio Nitti Italian Radical Party (1920–1920)
Minister of Military Assistance and War Pensions Ugo Da Como Liberal Union (1919–1919)
Minister for the Lands freed by the Enemy Cesare Nava Italian People's Party (1919–1920)
Giuseppe De Nava Liberal Union (1919–1920)

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