First Craxi government

The Craxi I Cabinet was the cabinet of the Italian government which held office from 4 August 1983 until 1 August 1986, for a total of 1,093 days, or 2 years, 11 months and 28 days.

Craxi I Cabinet
42nd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	4 August 1983 (1983-08-04)
Date dissolved	1 August 1986 (1986-08-01)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini Francesco Cossiga
Head of government	Bettino Craxi
Total no. of members	29 (incl. PM and Deputy PM)
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Pentapartito
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PR, DP
History
Election(s)	1983 election
Legislature term(s)	IX Legislature (1983–1987)
Predecessor	Fanfani V Cabinet
Successor	Craxi II Cabinet

Party breakdown

Christian Democracy	16
Italian Socialist Party	6
Italian Republican Party	3
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	3
Italian Liberal Party	2

Ministers and other members

• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): prime minister, 5 ministers and 14 undersecretaries
• Christian Democracy (DC): deputy prime minister, 15 ministers and 31 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 3 ministers and 6 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers and 4 undersecretaries

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	Giuliano Amato (PSI)
	Deputy Prime Minister	Arnaldo Forlani	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Giulio Andreotti	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Susanna Agnelli (PRI) Bruno Corti (PSDI) Mario Fioret (DC) Mario Raffaelli (PSI) Francesco Forte (PSI)
	Minister of the Interior	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Paolo Barsacchi (PSI) Adriano Ciaffi (DC) Marino Corder (DC) Raffaele Costa (PLI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Mino Martinazzoli	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Luciano Bausi (DC) Antonio Carpino (PSI) Cesarino Dante Cioce (PSDI)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Pietro Longo	4 August 1983 – 13 July 1984		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Alberto Aiardi (DC) Carlo Vizzini (PSDI) (until 30 July 1984) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984)
		Bettino Craxi (ad interim)	13 July 1984 – 30 July 1984		Italian Socialist Party
		Pier Luigi Romita	30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister of Finance	Bruno Visentini	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party	Franco Bortolani (DC) Giuseppe Caroli (DC) Domenico Raffaello Lombardi (DC) Domenico Susi (PSI)
	Minister of Treasury	Giovanni Goria	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Manfredo Manfredi (DC) (until 25 February 1984) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) (since 6 April 1984) Giovanni Nonne (PSI) Gianni Ravaglia (PRI)
	Minister of Defence	Giovanni Spadolini	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party	Tommaso Bisagno (DC) Bartolomeo Ciccardini (DC) Vittorio Olcese (PRI) Silvano Signori (PSI)
	Minister of Public Education	Franca Falcucci	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Domenico Amalfitano (DC) Mario Dal Castello (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) Fabio Maravalle (PSI)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Nicolazzi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Gaetano Gorgoni (PRI) Mario Tassone (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giulio Santarelli (PSI) Giuseppe Zurlo (DC)
	Minister of Transport	Claudio Signorile	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi (DC) Savino Melillo (PLI) Giuseppe Santonastaso (DC)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Antonio Gava	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Avellone (DC) Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Giuseppe Reina (PSI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Renato Altissimo	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Liberal Party	Bruno Orsini (DC) Nicola Sanese (DC) Sisinio Zito (PSI)
	Minister of Health	Costante Degan	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Paola Cavigliasso (DC) Francesco De Lorenzo (PLI) Carlo Romei (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Nicola Capria	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	Francesco Vittorio Mazzola (DC) Giovanni Prandini (DC)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Gianuario Carta	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Cerami (DC) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) (until 2 August 1984) Silvano Costi (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984)
	Minister of State Holdings	Clelio Darida	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Delio Giacometti (DC) Delio Meoli (PSI)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Gianni De Michelis	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party	Andrea Borruso (DC) Gianfranco Conti Persini (PSDI) Pino Leccisi (DC)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Antonino Pietro Gullotti	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Galasso (PRI)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Lelio Lagorio	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Pier Luigi Romita	4 August 1983 – 30 July 1984		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
		Carlo Vizzini	30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986		Italian Democratic Socialist Party
	Minister for Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio)	Luigi Granelli	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Francesco Forte	4 August 1983 – 9 May 1985		Italian Socialist Party
		Loris Fortuna	9 May 1985 – 5 December 1985		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Scotti	4 August 1983 – 26 March 1984		Christian Democracy
		Giuseppe Zamberletti	26 March 1984 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Ecology (without portfolio)	Alfredo Biondi	4 August 1983 – 31 July 1985		Italian Liberal Party
		Valerio Zanone	31 July 1985 – 1 August 1986		Italian Liberal Party
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Remo Gaspari	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Salverino De Vito	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Christian Democracy	Pasquale Lamorte (DC) Enrico Quaranta (PSI) (until 16 March 1984) Nicola Trotta (PSI) (since 6 April 1984)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Oscar Mammì	4 August 1983 – 1 August 1986		Italian Republican Party