List of prime ministers of Italy by time in office

Since 1861, there have been 60 people sworn into office as prime minister of Italy: 30 during the monarchic period and 31 during the republican period, with Alcide De Gasperi having served during both. Moreover, 59 of them were men, while in 2022 Giorgia Meloni became the first woman to hold the office.

Notable lengths

20 years and 267 days: Benito Mussolini (1922–1943) — Longest term and longest total tenure

10 years and 184 days: Giovanni Giolitti (1892–1893, 1903–1905, 1906–1909, 1911–1914 and 1920–1921) — Most non-consecutive terms

9 years and 53 days: Silvio Berlusconi (1994–1995, 2001–2006 and 2008–2011) — Longest-serving prime minister of the republic

16 days: Tommaso Tittoni (1905) — Shortest-serving prime minister

Of the 60 prime ministers, eight served more than 5 years, while seventeen served less than a year. Benito Mussolini was the longest-serving head of government, having settled a dictatorship and ruled the country for a record of 20 years and 267 days;^[1][2] Tommaso Tittoni was the shortest-serving prime minister, having governed for 16 days only in 1905.^[3][4] The longest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Silvio Berlusconi, who held the position for more than nine years between 1994 and 2011,^[5] while the shortest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Fernando Tambroni, who governed for 123 days in 1960.^[6]

List of office holders

This list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by the number of calendar days, the figures would be one day greater for each term served.

N.	Prime Minister	Time in office	Party	Term	References
1	Benito Mussolini	20 years, 267 days	National Fascist Party	1	[7]
2	Giovanni Giolitti	10 years, 184 days	Historical Left →   Liberal Party	5	[8][9][10][11][12]
3	Silvio Berlusconi	9 years, 53 days	Forza Italia →   The People of Freedom	4	[13][14][15][16]
4	Agostino Depretis	8 years, 275 days	Historical Left	8	[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
5	Alcide De Gasperi	7 years, 250 days	Christian Democracy	8	[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
6	Giulio Andreotti	7 years, 122 days	Christian Democracy	7	[33][34][35][36][37][38][39]
7	Aldo Moro	6 years, 89 days	Christian Democracy	5	[40][41][42][43][44]
8	Francesco Crispi	5 years, 278 days	Historical Left	4	[45][46][47][48]
9	Amintore Fanfani	4 years, 199 days	Christian Democracy	6	[49][50][51][52][53]
10	Romano Prodi	4 years, 148 days	Independent →   Democratic Party	2	[54][55]
11	Marco Minghetti	4 years, 83 days	Historical Right	2	[56][57]
12	Bettino Craxi	3 years, 257 days	Italian Socialist Party	2	[58][59]
13	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì	3 years, 210 days	Historical Right	5	[60][61][62][63][64]
14	Giovanni Lanza	3 years, 208 days	Historical Right	1	[65]
15	Giorgia Meloni	3 years, 60 days	Brothers of Italy	1	[66]
16	Mariano Rumor	3 years, 9 days	Christian Democracy	5	[67][68][69][70][71]
17	Antonio Segni	2 years, 357 days	Christian Democracy	2	[72][73]
18	Matteo Renzi	2 years, 294 days	Democratic Party	1	[74]
19	Giuseppe Zanardelli	2 years, 261 days	Historical Left	1	[75]
20	Giuseppe Conte	2 years, 257 days	Independent	2	[76][77]
21	Benedetto Cairoli	2 years, 224 days	Historical Left	2	[78][79][80]
22	Antonio Salandra	2 years, 89 days	Liberal Party	2	[81][82]
23	Luigi Federico Menabrea	2 years, 48 days	Historical Right	3	[83][84][85]
24	Luigi Pelloux	1 year, 360 days	Military	2	[86][87]
25	Giuliano Amato	1 year, 350 days	Italian Socialist Party →   Independent	2	[88][89]
26	Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora	1 year, 265 days	Military	2	[90][91]
27	Mario Draghi	1 year, 251 days	Independent	1	[92]
28	Ivanoe Bonomi	1 year, 240 days	Reformist Socialist →   Labour Democratic Party	3	[93][94][95]
29	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando	1 year, 216 days	Liberal Party	1	[96]
30	Emilio Colombo	1 year, 196 days	Christian Democracy	1	[97]
31	Bettino Ricasoli	1 year, 193 days	Historical Right	2	[98][99]
32	Massimo D'Alema	1 year, 188 days	Democrats of the Left	2	[100][101]
33	Paolo Gentiloni	1 year, 171 days	Democratic Party	1	[102]
34	Mario Monti	1 year, 163 days	Independent	1	[103]
35	Giovanni Spadolini	1 year, 156 days	Italian Republican Party	2	[104][105]
36	Mario Scelba	1 year, 146 days	Christian Democracy	1	[106]
37	Paolo Boselli	1 year, 134 days	Liberal Party	1	[107]
38	Lamberto Dini	1 year, 122 days	Independent	1	[108]
39	Urbano Rattazzi	1 year, 115 days	Historical Left	2	[109][110]
40	Ciriaco De Mita	1 year, 101 days	Christian Democracy	1	[111]
41	Francesco Cossiga	1 year, 74 days	Christian Democracy	2	[112][113]
42	Adone Zoli	1 year, 43 days	Christian Democracy	1	[114]
43	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	1 year, 13 days	Independent	1	[115]
44	Luigi Luzzatti	364 days	Historical Right	1	[116]
45	Francesco Saverio Nitti	358 days	Italian Radical Party	2	[117][118]
46	Giovanni Leone	337 days	Christian Democracy	2	[119][120]
47	Pietro Badoglio	329 days	Military	2	[121][122]
48	Alessandro Fortis	317 days	Historical Left	2	[123][124]
49	Enrico Letta	300 days	Democratic Party	1	[125]
50	Giovanni Goria	259 days	Christian Democracy	1	[126]
51	Arnaldo Forlani	253 days	Christian Democracy	1	[127]
52	Luigi Facta	247 days	Liberal Party →   Italian Liberal Party	2	[128][129]
53	Giuseppe Saracco	236 days	Historical Left	1	[130]
54	Sidney Sonnino	220 days	Historical Right	2	[131][132]
55	Ferruccio Parri	172 days	Action Party	1	[133]
56	Giuseppe Pella	155 days	Christian Democracy	1	[134]
57	Fernando Tambroni	123 days	Christian Democracy	1	[135]
58	Luigi Carlo Farini	106 days	Historical Right	1	[136]
59	Camillo Benso di Cavour	75 days	Historical Right	1	[137]
60	Tommaso Tittoni	16 days	Historical Right	1	[138]

See also

• List of prime ministers of Italy