Fourth Rumor government

Rumor IV Cabinet
29th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	8 July 1973 (1973-07-08)
Date dissolved	14 March 1974 (1974-03-14)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giovanni Leone
Head of government	Mariano Rumor
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
History
Legislature term	VI Legislature (1972–1976)
Predecessor	Andreotti II Cabinet
Successor	Rumor V Cabinet

The Rumor IV Cabinet was the 29th cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 8 July 1973 to 14 March 1974, for a total of 250 days (8 months, 7 days).

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 16 ministers, 32 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 6 ministers, 15 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 4 ministers, 9 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 2 ministers, 2 undersecretaries

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Aldo Moro	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of the Interior	Paolo Emilio Taviani	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Grace and Justice	Mario Zagari	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Antonio Giolitti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of Finance	Emilio Colombo	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Treasury	Ugo La Malfa	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PRI
Minister of Defence	Mario Tanassi	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSDI
Minister of Public Education	Franco Maria Malfatti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Public Works	Salvatore Lauricella	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Mario Ferrari Aggradi	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	Luigi Preti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSDI
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Giuseppe Togni	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Ciriaco De Mita	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Health	Luigi Gui	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Foreign Trade	Gianmatteo Matteotti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSDI
Minister of Merchant Navy	Giovanni Pieraccini	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of State Holdings	Antonino Pietro Gullotti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Luigi Bertoldi	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Nicola Signorello	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister of the Environment (without portfolio)	Achille Corona	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSI
Minister of Cultural Heritage (without portfolio)	Camillo Ripamonti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister for Particular Political Tasks [a] (without portfolio)	Giuseppe Lupis	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PSDI
Minister for Particular Political Tasks [b] (without portfolio)	Dionigi Coppo	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Carlo Donat-Cattin	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister for the Problems Related to the Implementation of the Regions (without portfolio)	Mario Toros	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Giovanni Gioia	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Minister for Scientific Research (without portfolio)	Pietro Bucalossi	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		PRI
Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio)	Silvio Gava	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Adolfo Sarti	8 July 1973	14 March 1974		DC

1. with special regard to the Presidency of the Italian delegation to the UN
2. with particular regard to the bodies supervised by the Presidency of the Council