Third De Gasperi government

De Gasperi III Cabinet
2nd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	2 February 1947
Date dissolved	31 May 1947
People and organisations
Head of state	Enrico De Nicola
Head of government	Alcide De Gasperi
Total no. of members	15
Member parties	DC, PCI, PSI, PDL
Status in legislature	National unity government
History
Legislature term	Constituent Legislature (1946–1948)
Predecessor	De Gasperi II Cabinet
Successor	De Gasperi IV Cabinet

The third De Gasperi government held office in the Italian Republic from 2 February 1947 until 31 May 1947, a total of 119 days, or 3 months and 30 days.

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Christian Democracy (DC)	Christian democracy	Alcide De Gasperi
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	Socialism	Pietro Nenni
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	Communism	Palmiro Togliatti
	Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	Social democracy	Ivanoe Bonomi

Party breakdown

• Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 6 ministers, 12 undersecretaries
• Italian Communist Party (PCI): 3 ministers, 6 undersecretaries
• Labour Democratic Party (PDL): 1 minister
• Independents: 1 minister

Composition

Office	Name	Party		Term
Prime Minister	Alcide De Gasperi		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Carlo Sforza		Independent	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of the Interior	Mario Scelba		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Italian Africa	Alcide De Gasperi (ad interim)		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Grace and Justice	Fausto Gullo		PCI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Finance and Treasury	Pietro Campilli		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Defence	Luigi Gasparotto		PDL	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Public Education	Guido Gonella		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Public Works	Emilio Sereni		PCI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Antonio Segni		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Transport	Giacomo Ferrari		PCI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Luigi Cacciatore		PSI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Rodolfo Morandi		PSI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Foreign Trade	Ezio Vanoni		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Merchant Navy	Salvatore Aldisio		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Giuseppe Romita		PSI	2 February 1947–31 May 1947
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Paolo Cappa		DC	2 February 1947–31 May 1947