Fourth Andreotti government

Andreotti IV Cabinet
Andreotti IV Cabinet
; 34th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	13 March 1978
Date dissolved	21 March 1979
People and organisations
Head of state	Giovanni Leone ; Sandro Pertini
Head of government	Giulio Andreotti
Member parties	DC ; External support:; PCI, PSI, PSDI, PRI,
Status in legislature	One-party government
History
Legislature term	VII Legislature (1976–1979)
Predecessor	Andreotti III Cabinet
Successor	Andreotti V Cabinet

The Andreotti IV Cabinet, led by Giulio Andreotti, was the 34th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

The government obtained confidence on 16 March 1978 in the Chamber of Deputies with 545 votes in favor, 30 against and 3 abstentions,^[1] and in the Senate with 267 votes in favor and 5 against.^[2]

Despite the dissolution of the reserve by Andreotti and his oath in the hands of President Leone, the birth of the government was uncertain until the night before of his presentation in Parliament. The wide and above all rapid trust given to the government was also the result of the climate of emergency in which Montecitorio was found at the news that, an hour before the opening of the session, the Red Brigades had kidnapped the President of the Christian Democracy Aldo Moro and killed the men of his escort. Moro was also assassinated on 9 May 1978.^[3]

Composition


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Arnaldo Forlani	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of the Interior	Francesco Cossiga	13 March 1978	11 May 1978	DC
	Giulio Andreotti (ad interim)	11 May 1978	13 June 1978	DC
	Virginio Rognoni	13 June 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Grace and Justice	Francesco Paolo Bonifacio	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Tommaso Morlino	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Finance	Franco Maria Malfatti	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Treasury	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Defence	Attilio Ruffini	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Public Education	Mario Pedini	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Public Works	Gaetano Stammati	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giovanni Marcora	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Transport	Vittorino Colombo	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Antonino Pietro Gullotti	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Carlo Donat-Cattin	13 March 1978	25 November 1978	DC
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Romano Prodi	25 November 1978	21 March 1979	Independent
Minister of Health	Tina Anselmi	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Foreign Trade	Rinaldo Ossola	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	Independent
Minister of Merchant Navy	Vittorino Colombo (ad interim)	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of State Holdings	Antonio Bisaglia	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Vincenzo Scotti	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Dario Antoniozzi	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Carlo Pastorino	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Ciriaco De Mita	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Franco Evangelisti	13 March 1978	21 March 1979	DC

References

[1] Camera dei Deputati, 257. Seduta di giovedì 16 marzo 1978, p. 14552.

[2] Senato della Repubblica, 231ª seduta pubblica, p. 10239.

[3] I Presidenti Leone e Pertini di fronte alla Costituzione e alla crisi del Governo Andreotti IV: fra sequestro Moro, apogeo della solidarietà nazionale ed evoluzione del ruolo presidenziale

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v t e Governments of the Italian Republic
Constituent Assembly (1946–1948)	De Gasperi II De Gasperi III De Gasperi IV
Legislature I (1948–1953)	De Gasperi V De Gasperi VI De Gasperi VII
Legislature II (1953–1958)	De Gasperi VIII Pella Fanfani I Scelba Segni I Zoli
Legislature III (1958–1963)	Fanfani II Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III Fanfani IV
Legislature IV (1963–1968)	Leone I Moro I Moro II Moro III
Legislature V (1968–1972)	Leone II Rumor I Rumor II Rumor III Colombo Andreotti I
Legislature VI (1972–1976)	Andreotti II Rumor IV Rumor V Moro IV Moro V
Legislature VII (1976–1979)	Andreotti III Andreotti IV Andreotti V
Legislature VIII (1979–1983)	Cossiga I Cossiga II Forlani Spadolini I Spadolini II Fanfani V
Legislature IX (1983–1987)	Craxi I Craxi II Fanfani VI
Legislature X (1987–1992)	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI Andreotti VII
Legislature XI (1992–1994)	Amato I Ciampi
Legislature XII (1994–1996)	Berlusconi I Dini
Legislature XIII (1996–2001)	Prodi I D'Alema I D'Alema II Amato II
Legislature XIV (2001–2006)	Berlusconi II Berlusconi III
Legislature XV (2006–2008)	Prodi II
Legislature XVI (2008–2013)	Berlusconi IV Monti
Legislature XVII (2013–2018)	Letta Renzi Gentiloni
Legislature XVIII (2018–2022)	Conte I Conte II Draghi
Legislature XIX (2022–present)	Meloni