Third Andreotti government

The Andreotti III Cabinet was the 33rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1976 to 1978.^[1]

Andreotti III Cabinet
33rd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	30 July 1976 (1976-07-30)
Date dissolved	13 March 1978 (1978-03-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giovanni Leone
Head of government	Giulio Andreotti
Member parties	DC Abstention: PCI, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition parties	MSI, DP, PR
History
Election	1976 election
Legislature term	VII Legislature (1976–1979)
Predecessor	Moro V Cabinet
Successor	Andreotti IV Cabinet

It was the first government in the history of the Italian Republic to count among its members a woman, Tina Anselmi (as Minister of Labour).

The government obtained the confidence in the Senate on 6 August 1976, with 136 votes in favor, 17 against and 69 abstentions, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 9 August 1976, with 258 votes in favor, 44 against and 303 abstentions.

Official photo of the Andreotti's government after the oath at the Quirinal Palace

It was a single-color government composed only of members of Christian Democracy; it was known as the Government of non no-confidence (Italian: Governo della non sfiducia) or Government of national solidarity (Italian: Governo di solidarietà nazionale)^[2] because it obtained the vote of confidence in parliament thanks to the abstention of the Italian Communist Party led by Enrico Berlinguer.^[3]

The Andreotti III Cabinet fell on 31 January 1978, due to the withdrawal of support from the Communist Party, which wanted to be directly involved in the government, a proposal rejected by Christian Democracy.^[4]

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Franco Evangelisti (DC) Piergiorgio Bressani (DC) Gian Aldo Arnaud (DC) Ignazio Vincenzo Senese (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Arnaldo Forlani	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Franco Foschi (DC) Luciano Radi (DC)
	Minister of the Interior	Francesco Cossiga	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Clelio Darida (DC) Nicola Lettieri (DC) Giuseppe Zamberletti (DC) (until 15 September 1977)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Francesco Paolo Bonifacio	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Renato Dell'Andro (DC) Edoardo Speranza (DC)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Tommaso Morlino	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Vincenzo Scotti (DC)
	Minister of Finance	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Azzaro (DC) Carmelo Santalco (DC) Rodolfo Tambroni Armaroli (DC)
	Minister of Treasury	Gaetano Stammati	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Lucio Abis (DC) Renato Corà (DC) Antonio Mario Mazzarrino (DC)
	Minister of Defence	Vito Lattanzio	30 July 1976 – 18 September 1977		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Caroli (DC) Carlo Pastorino (DC) Amerigo Petrucci (DC)
		Attilio Ruffini	18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Public Education	Franco Maria Malfatti	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Carlo Buzzi (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Giovanni Del Rio (DC)
	Minister of Public Works	Antonino Pietro Gullotti	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Antonio Laforgia (DC) Pietro Padula (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giovanni Marcora	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Arcangelo Lobianco (DC) Roberto Mazzotta (DC) (until 24 February 1977) Giuseppe Zurlo (DC) (since 24 February 1977)
	Minister of Transport	Attilio Ruffini	30 July 1976 – 18 September 1977		Christian Democracy	Gianni Fontana (DC) Costante Degan (DC)
		Vito Lattanzio	18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Francesco Fabbri	30 July 1976 – 20 January 1977		Christian Democracy
		Attilio Ruffini (ad interim)	20 January 1977 – 18 September 1977		Christian Democracy
		Vito Lattanzio (ad interim)	18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Vittorino Colombo	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Antonio Dal Maso (DC) Elio Tiriolo (DC)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Carlo Donat-Cattin	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Enzo Erminero (DC) Gianuario Carta (DC)
	Minister of Health	Luciano Dal Falco	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Ferdinando Russo (DC) Giuseppe Zurlo (DC) (until 24 February 1977)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Rinaldo Ossola	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Independent	Luigi Michele Galli (DC)
	Minister of State Holdings	Antonio Bisaglia	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Francesco Bova (DC) Angelo Castelli (DC)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Tina Anselmi	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Nino Cristofori (DC) Francesco Smurra (DC) Baldassare Armato (DC) Manfredi Bosco (DC)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Mario Pedini	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Giorgio Postal (DC) Giorgio Spitella (DC)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Dario Antoniozzi	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy	Carlo Sangalli (DC)
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Ciriaco De Mita	30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978		Christian Democracy

References

1. "Governo Andreotti III". www.governo.it (in Italian). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
2. 1976: nasce il governo di solidarietà nazionale
3. Il governo della “non sfiducia”, nel 1976
4. Head of Small‐Italian Party Is Asked to Form Cabinet