The Craxi II Cabinet was the 43rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1986 to 1987.

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Official photo of the Craxi's government after the oath at the Quirinal Palace
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Craxi II Cabinet

43rd Cabinet of Italy
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Date formed1 August 1986 (1986-08-01)
Date dissolved18 April 1987 (1987-04-18)
People and organisations
Head of stateFrancesco Cossiga
Head of governmentBettino Craxi
Member partiesDC, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislatureCoalition government
Pentapartito
Opposition partiesPCI, MSI, PR, DP
History
Legislature termIX Legislature (1983–1987)
PredecessorCraxi I Cabinet
SuccessorFanfani VI Cabinet
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The cabinet, headed for the second time by the socialist leader Bettino Craxi, was supported by the penta-party coalition, composed of Christian Democracy (DC), Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Italian Republican Party (PRI) and Italian Liberal Party (PLI).

Craxi resigned on 3 March 1987,[1] resignations then confirmed on 9 April.[2]

It was the first time that the Christian Democracy delegation abandoned a government to which it contributed, in a decisive way, to give life.[3]

Party breakdown

16
6
3
3
2

Ministers and other members

Composition

More information Portrait, Office ...
Portrait Office Name Term Party Undersecretaries
Thumb Prime Minister Bettino Craxi 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party Giuliano Amato (PSI)
Thumb Deputy Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy
Thumb Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Andreotti 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Susanna Agnelli (PRI)
Francesco Cattanei (DC)
Bruno Corti (PSDI)
Francesco Forte (PSI)
Mario Raffaelli (PSI)
Thumb Minister of the Interior Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Paolo Barsacchi (PSI)
Adriano Ciaffi (DC)
Raffaele Costa (PLI)
Angelo Pavan (DC)
Valdo Spini (PSI)
Thumb Minister of Grace and Justice Virginio Rognoni 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Luciano Bausi (DC)
Dante Cioce (PSDI)
Salvatore Frasca (PSI)
Thumb Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Pier Luigi Romita 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Democratic Socialist Party Alberto Aiardi (DC)
Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI)
Thumb Minister of Finance Bruno Visentini 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Republican Party Franco Bortolani (DC)
Carlo Merolli (DC)
Raffaele Russo (DC)
Domenico Susi (PSI)
Thumb Minister of Treasury Giovanni Goria 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Beniamino Finocchiaro (PSI)
Carlo Fracanzani (DC)
Gianni Ravaglia (PRI)
Eugenio Tarabini (DC)
Thumb Minister of Defence Giovanni Spadolini 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Republican Party Tommaso Bisagno (DC)
Vittorio Olcese (PRI)
Giuseppe Pisanu (DC)
Silvano Signori (PSI)
Thumb Minister of Public Education Franca Falcucci 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Domenico Amalfitano (DC)
Luigi Covatta (PSI)
Mario Dal Castello (DC)
Giuseppe Fassino (PLI)
Thumb Minister of Public Works Franco Nicolazzi 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Democratic Socialist Party Gaetano Gorgoni (PRI)
Mario Tassone (DC)
Thumb Minister of Agriculture and Forests Filippo Maria Pandolfi 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Giulio Santarelli (PSI)
Mariotto Segni (DC)
Thumb Minister of Transport Claudio Signorile 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi (DC)
Giuseppe Santonastaso (DC)
Thumb Minister of Post and Telecommunications Antonio Gava 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Avellone (DC)
Giorgio Bogi (PRI)
Giuseppe Demitry (PSI)
Thumb Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship Valerio Zanone 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Liberal Party Angelo Gaetano Cresco (PSI)
Savino Melillo (PLI)
Nicola Sanese (DC)
Giorgio Santuz (DC)
Thumb Minister of Health Carlo Donat-Cattin 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Paola Cavigliasso (DC)
Saverio D'Aquino (PLI)
Gualtiero Nepi (DC)
Thumb Minister of Foreign Trade Rino Formica 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party Gianfranco Rocelli (DC)
Alberto Rossi (DC)
Thumb Minister of Merchant Navy Costante Degan 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Silvano Costi (PSDI)
Antonino Murmura (DC)
Thumb Minister of State Holdings Clelio Darida 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Delio Meoli (PSI)
Angelo Picano (DC)
Thumb Minister of Labour and Social Security Gianni De Michelis 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party Andrea Borruso (DC)
Gianfranco Conti Persini (PSDI)
Pietro Mezzapesa (DC)
Thumb Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage Antonino Pietro Gullotti 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Giuseppe Galasso (PRI)
Thumb Minister of Tourism and Entertainment Nicola Capria 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party Luciano Faraguti (DC)
Thumb Minister of the Environment Francesco De Lorenzo 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Liberal Party Giorgio Postal (DC)
Thumb Minister of Regional Affairs
(without portfolio)
Carlo Vizzini 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Thumb Minister for Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives
(without portfolio)
Luigi Granelli 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy
Thumb Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies
(without portfolio)
Fabio Fabbri 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Socialist Party
Thumb Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection
(without portfolio)
Giuseppe Zamberletti 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy
Thumb Minister of Public Function
(without portfolio)
Remo Gaspari 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy
Thumb Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South
(without portfolio)
Salverino De Vito 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Christian Democracy Pasquale Lamorte (DC)
Nicola Trotta (PSI)
Thumb Minister for Parliamentary Relations
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Oscar Mammì 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 Italian Republican Party
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