Second Spadolini government

The Spadolini II Cabinet, led by Giovanni Spadolini, was the 40th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

Spadolini II Cabinet
40th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	23 August 1982 (1982-08-23)
Date dissolved	1 December 1982 (1982-12-01)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini
Head of government	Giovanni Spadolini
Total no. of members	28 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Pentapartito
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PR, PdUP
History
Legislature term	VIII Legislature (1979–1983)
Predecessor	Spadolini I Cabinet
Successor	Fanfani V Cabinet

The government remained in office from 23 August 1982 to 1 December 1982. This government was also known as the "Photocopy government",^[1] as identical to the previous Spadolini Cabinet.

The cabinet fell due to the so-called "Lite delle comari" (godmothers' quarrel), i.e. a political conflict between the ministers Beniamino Andreatta and Rino Formica about the "divorce" between Minister of Treasury and Bank of Italy.^[2]

Party breakdown

Christian Democracy	15
Italian Socialist Party	7
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	3
Italian Republican Party	2
Italian Liberal Party	1

Ministers and other members

• Italian Republican Party (PRI): prime minister, 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries
• Christian Democracy (DC): 15 ministers, 31 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 7 ministers, 15 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Giovanni Spadolini	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Republican Party	Vittorio Olcese (PRI)[a]
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emilio Colombo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Bruno Corti (PSDI) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Mario Fioret (DC) Roberto Palleschi (PSI)
	Minister of the Interior	Virginio Rognoni	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Marino Corder (DC) Angelo Maria Sanza (DC) Francesco Spinelli (PSI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Clelio Darida	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Gargani (DC) Domenico Raffaello Lombardi (DC) Gaetano Scamarcio (PSI)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Giorgio La Malfa	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Republican Party	Emilio Rubbi (DC)
	Minister of Finance	Rino Formica	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Giuseppe Amadei (PSDI) Francesco Colucci (PSI) Paolo Enrico Moro (DC) Rodolfo Tambroni Armaroli (DC)
	Minister of Treasury	Beniamino Andreatta	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) Angelo Tiraboschi (PSI) Claudio Venanzetti (PRI)
	Minister of Defence	Lelio Lagorio	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Bartolomeo Ciccardini (DC) Martino Scovacricchi (PSDI) Amerigo Petrucci (DC)
	Minister of Public Education	Guido Bodrato	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Antonino Drago (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) Sisinio Zito (PSI)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Nicolazzi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mario Casalinuovo (PSI) Giorgio Santuz (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giuseppe Bartolomei	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Mario Campagnoli (DC) Fabio Fabbri (PSI)
	Minister of Transport	Vincenzo Balzamo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Antonio Caldoro (PSI) Dino Riva (PSDI) Elio Tiriolo (DC)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Remo Gaspari	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Pino Leccisi (DC) Gaspare Saladino (PSI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Giovanni Marcora	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Gianni Fontana (DC) Enrico Novellini (PSI) Francesco Rebecchini (DC)
	Minister of Health	Renato Altissimo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Liberal Party	Maria Magnani Noya (PSI) Bruno Orsini (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Nicola Capria	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Baldassare Armato (DC) Enrico Rizzi (PSDI)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Calogero Mannino	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giovanni Nonne (PSI) Francesco Patriarca (DC)
	Minister of State Holdings	Gianni De Michelis	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Silvestro Ferrari (DC) Delio Giacometti (DC)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Michele Di Giesi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mario Costa (DC) Angelo Cresco (PSI) Mario Gargano (DC) Piergiovanni Malvestio (DC)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Vincenzo Scotti	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Pietro Mezzapesa (DC)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Nicola Signorello	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Enrico Quaranta (PSI)
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Aldo Aniasi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research (without portfolio)	Giancarlo Tesini	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Lucio Abis	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio)	Giuseppe Zamberletti	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Dante Schietroma	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Francesco Quattrone (DC)
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Claudio Signorile	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Salvatore Urso (DC)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Luciano Radi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy

1. Secretary of the Council of Ministers

References

1. Che torni la Democrazia Cristiana. Il trionfo del popolo è il sapere
2. ll divorzio tra Tesoro e Bankitalia e la lite delle comari: uno scritto per il Sole del 26 luglio 1991