Scelba government

The Scelba Cabinet was the 10th cabinet of the Italian Republic, that held office from 10 February 1954 to 6 July 1955, for a total of 511 days (or 1 year, 4 months and 26 days).^[1]

Scelba Cabinet
10th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	10 February 1954
Date dissolved	6 July 1955
People and organisations
Head of state	Luigi Einaudi Giovanni Gronchi
Head of government	Mario Scelba
Total no. of members	20
Member parties	DC, PSDI, PLI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
History
Legislature term	Legislature II (1953–1958)
Predecessor	Fanfani I Cabinet
Successor	Segni I Cabinet

After the election of Giovanni Gronchi as new president of Italy, Scelba resigned as prime minister.

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Christian Democracy (DC)	Christian democracy	Amintore Fanfani
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	Social democracy	Giuseppe Saragat
	Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	Liberalism	Giovanni Malagodi

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 13 ministers and 30 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): deputy prime minister, 3 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
• Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 3 ministers and 2 undersecretaries

Composition

Office	Name	Party		Term
Prime Minister	Mario Scelba		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Deputy Prime Minister	Giuseppe Saragat		PSDI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Attilio Piccioni		DC	10 February 1954–16 September 1954
	Gaetano Martino		PLI	16 September 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of the Interior	Mario Scelba (ad interim)		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Grace and Justice	Michele De Pietro		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Budget	Ezio Vanoni		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Finance	Roberto Tremelloni		PSDI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Treasury	Silvio Gava		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Defence	Paolo Emilio Taviani		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Public Education	Gaetano Martino		PLI	10 February 1954–19 September 1954
	Giuseppe Ermini		DC	19 September 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Public Works	Giuseppe Romita		PSDI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giuseppe Medici		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Transport	Bernardo Mattarella		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Gennaro Cassiani		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Bruno Villabruna		PLI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Foreign Trade	Mario Martinelli		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Merchant Navy	Fernando Tambroni		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Ezio Vigorelli		PSDI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister for the Fund for the South (without portfolio)	Pietro Campilli		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Raffaele De Caro		PLI	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio)	Umberto Tupini		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Minister of Tourism, Sport and Entertainment (without portfolio)	Giovanni Ponti		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro		DC	10 February 1954–6 July 1955