Colombo government

The Colombo Cabinet was the 26th cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 6 August 1970 to 18 February 1972, for a total of 561 days (1 year, 6 months and 12 days).

Colombo Cabinet
26th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	6 August 1970 (1970-08-06)
Date dissolved	18 February 1972 (1972-02-18)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giuseppe Saragat Giovanni Leone
Head of government	Emilio Colombo
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Organic Centre-left
Opposition parties	PCI, PLI, MSI, PSIUP, PDIUM
History
Legislature term	V Legislature (1968–1972)
Predecessor	Rumor III Cabinet
Successor	Andreotti I Cabinet

Colombo resigned on 15 January 1972, following the withdrawal of support from the PRI, which was contrary to the government's economic policy.^[1]

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 15 ministers, 33 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): deputy prime minister, 5 ministers, 14 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 4 ministers, 9 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Emilio Colombo	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Deputy Prime Minister	Francesco De Martino	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Aldo Moro	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of the Interior	Franco Restivo	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Grace and Justice	Oronzo Reale	6 August 1970	1 March 1971		PRI
	Emilio Colombo (ad interim)	1 March 1971	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Antonio Giolitti	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Finance	Luigi Preti	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSDI
Minister of Treasury	Mario Ferrari Aggradi	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Defence	Mario Tanassi	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSDI
Minister of Public Education	Riccardo Misasi	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Public Works	Salvatore Lauricella	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Lorenzo Natali	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	Italo Viglianesi	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Giacinto Bosco	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Silvio Gava	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Health	Luigi Mariotti	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Foreign Trade	Mario Zagari	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSI
Minister of Merchant Navy	Salvatore Mannironi	6 August 1970	6 April 1971		DC
	Salvatore Mannironi	10 April 1971	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of State Holdings	Flaminio Piccoli	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Carlo Donat-Cattin	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Gianmatteo Matteotti	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSDI
Minister for Particular Political and Coordination Tasks[a] (without portfolio)	Giuseppe Lupis	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		PSDI
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Paolo Emilio Taviani	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister for the Problems Related to the Implementation of the Regions (without portfolio)	Eugenio Gatto	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Carlo Russo	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister for Scientific Research (without portfolio)	Camillo Ripamonti	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio)	Remo Gaspari	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Dario Antoniozzi	6 August 1970	18 February 1972		DC

1. with special regard to the Presidency of the Italian delegation to the UN