Parri government

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Parri government
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64th Cabinet of Italy
Ferruccio Parri Senato.jpg
Date formed21 June 1945
Date dissolved10 December 1945
People and organisations
Head of state Victor Emmanuel III
Head of government Ferruccio Parri
Total no. of members16
Member party DC, PCI, PLI, PSIUP, PdA, PDL
History
Predecessor Bonomi III Cabinet
Successor De Gasperi I Cabinet

The Parri government of Italy held office from 21 June until 10 December 1945, a total of 172 days, or 5 months and 19 days. [1] The reasons for its short period included the complex problems that Italy was experiencing and the limited capacity of Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri. [2]

Contents

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

PartyIdeologyLeader
Christian Democracy Christian democracy Alcide De Gasperi
Italian Communist Party Communism Palmiro Togliatti
Italian Liberal Party Liberalism Benedetto Croce
Italian Socialist Party Socialism Pietro Nenni
Action Party Liberal socialism Ferruccio Parri
Labour Democratic Party Social democracy Ivanoe Bonomi

Composition

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Prime Minister 21 June 194510 December 1945  PdA
Deputy Prime Minister 19451945  PSI
19451945  PLI
Minister of the Interior 21 June 19458 December 1945  PdA
Minister of Foreign Affairs 12 December 194418 October 1946  DC
Minister of Grace and Justice 21 June 19451 July 1946  PCI
Minister of Finance 21 June 19452 February 1947  PCI
Minister of Treasury 21 June 194522 July 1945  PLI
22 July 19458 December 1945  Independent
Minister of War 21 June 19458 December 1945  DC
Minister of the Navy 28 July 194314 July 1946  Military
Minister of the Air Force 21 June 194514 July 1946  DL
Minister of Industry and Commerce 18 June 19441 July 1946  DC
Minister of Public Works 21 June 19458 December 1945  PSI
Minister of Labour and Social Security 21 June 194513 July 1946  PSI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests 22 April 19441 July 1946  PCI
Minister of Public Education 12 December 19448 December 1945  PLI
Minister of Transport 17 June 19458 December 1945  PdA
Minister of Post and Telecommunications 21 June 19452 February 1947  DC
Minister of Italian Africa 21 June 194510 December 1945  PdA
Minister for Reconstruction21 June 194510 December 1945  DL
Minister for Post-War Assistance 21 June 194510 December 1945  PdA
Minister of Supply21 June 194510 December 1945  DL
Minister for the National Council 21 June 194510 December 1945  PLI
Minister for the Constituent Assembly 21 June 194510 December 1945  PSI
Secretary of the Council of Ministers 19451945  PCI
19451945  PLI

References

  1. Governo Parri
  2. Douglass Charles Day (1982). The Shaping of Postwar Italian Politics: Italy 1945-1948 (PhD thesis). The University of Chicago. p. 100. ISBN   979-8-205-08303-4. ProQuest   303267078.