First Rumor government

The Rumor I Cabinet was the 23rd cabinet of the Italian Republic.

Rumor I Cabinet
23rd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	13 December 1968 (1968-12-13)
Date dissolved	6 August 1969 (1969-08-06)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giuseppe Saragat
Head of government	Mariano Rumor
Member parties	DC, PSI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
History
Legislature term	V Legislature (1968–1972)
Predecessor	Leone II Cabinet
Successor	Rumor II Cabinet

The government fell in July 1969 following the splitting of the Unitary Socialist Party from the PSI.^[1]

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 16 ministers, 32 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): deputy prime minister, 8 ministers, 22 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries

Composition

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Mariano Rumor	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Deputy Prime Minister	Francesco De Martino	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Pietro Nenni	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of the Interior	Franco Restivo	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Grace and Justice	Silvio Gava	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Luigi Preti	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Finance	Oronzo Reale	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PRI
Minister of Treasury	Emilio Colombo	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Defence	Luigi Gui	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Public Education	Fiorentino Sullo	13 December 1968	24 March 1969		DC
	Mario Ferrari Aggradi	24 March 1969	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Public Works	Giacomo Mancini	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Athos Valsecchi	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation	Luigi Mariotti	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Mario Ferrari Aggradi	13 December 1968	24 March 1969		DC
	Crescenzo Mazza	24 March 1969	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Mario Tanassi	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Health	Camillo Ripamonti	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Foreign Trade	Vittorino Colombo	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Merchant Navy	Giuseppe Lupis	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of State Holdings	Arnaldo Forlani	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Giacomo Brodolini	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Lorenzo Natali	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South and in the depressive areas of the Center-North (without portfolio)	Paolo Emilio Taviani	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister for Particular Political Tasks (without portfolio)	Crescenzo Mazza	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Carlo Russo	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister for Scientific Research (without portfolio)	Salvatore Lauricella	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		PSI
Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio)	Eugenio Gatto	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Minister for Special Assignments (without portfolio)	Giacinto Bosco	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Antonio Bisaglia	13 December 1968	6 August 1969		DC