Second Cossiga government

Cossiga II Cabinet
37th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	4 April 1980 (1980-04-04)
Date dissolved	18 October 1980 (1980-10-18)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini
Head of government	Francesco Cossiga
Member parties	DC, PSI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PSDI, PR, PLI, PdUP
History
Legislature term	VIII Legislature (1979–1983)
Predecessor	Cossiga I Cabinet
Successor	Forlani Cabinet

The Cossiga II Cabinet, led by Francesco Cossiga, was the 37th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

It fell due to the rejection of the 1980 Budget by Parliament by secret ballot.

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 15 ministers, 34 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 9 ministers, 18 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Francesco Cossiga	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emilio Colombo	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of the Interior	Virginio Rognoni	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Grace and Justice	Tommaso Morlino	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Giorgio La Malfa	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PRI
Minister of Finance	Franco Reviglio	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Treasury	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Defence	Lelio Lagorio	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Public Education	Adolfo Sarti	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Public Works	Francesco Compagna	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PRI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giovanni Marcora	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Transport	Rino Formica	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Clelio Darida	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Antonio Bisaglia	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Health	Aldo Aniasi	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Foreign Trade	Enrico Manca	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Merchant Navy	Nicola Signorello	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of State Holdings	Gianni De Michelis	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Franco Foschi	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Oddo Biasini	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PRI
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Bernardo D'Arezzo	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Russo	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Balzamo	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Scotti	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Massimo Severo Giannini	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Nicola Capria	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		PSI
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Remo Gaspari	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Minister for Social Tasks (without portfolio)	Beniamino Andreatta	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Piergiorgio Bressani	4 April 1980	18 October 1980		DC