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This list of prime ministers of Italy lists each prime minister in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Alcide De Gasperi is the only prime minister who has held this position both in the Kingdom of Italy and in the Republic of Italy.
Of the 60 prime ministers, 2 have served for more than 10 years (Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Giolitti ), 6 have served between 5 and 10 years, 35 have served between 1 and 5 years while 17 have served less than a year in office.
Benito Mussolini is the longest-serving prime minister, serving for over 20 years. The longest-serving Prime Minister of a democratic Italy is Giovanni Giolitti who served over 10 years in office, while the longest-serving Prime Minister of Post-War Italy is Silvio Berlusconi who served over 9 years.
On the other hand, the shortest-serving Prime Minister of Italy is Tommaso Tittoni who served 16 days as an interim leader, while Fernando Tambroni served around four months is the shortest-serving Prime Minister of post-war Italy.
Complete list (1861–present)[ edit ]
Rank
Prime Minister
Political party
Total time in office
Cabinets
1
Benito Mussolini
National Fascist Party
20 years, 267 days
1
2
Giovanni Giolitti
Historical Left /Liberal Union
10 years, 184 days
5
3
Silvio Berlusconi
Forza Italia /The People of Freedom
9 years, 54 days
4
4
Agostino Depretis
Historical Left
8 years, 268 days
9
5
Alcide De Gasperi
Christian Democracy
7 years, 250 days
8
6
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democracy
7 years, 123 days
7
7
Aldo Moro
Christian Democracy
6 years, 87 days
5
8
Francesco Crispi
Historical Left
5 years, 278 days
3
9
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democracy
4 years, 201 days
6
10
Romano Prodi
The Olive Tree /Democratic Party
4 years, 150 days
2
11
Marco Minghetti
Historical Right
4 years, 82 days
2
12
Bettino Craxi
Italian Socialist Party
3 years, 257 days
2
13
Antonio di Rudinì
Historical Right
3 years, 210 days
5
14
Giovanni Lanza
Historical Right
3 years, 208 days
1
15
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democracy
2 years, 357 days
5
16
Antonio Segni
Christian Democracy
2 years, 355 days
2
17
Matteo Renzi
Democratic Party
2 years, 294 days
1
18
Giuseppe Zanardelli
Historical Left
2 years, 261 days
1
19
Giuseppe Conte
Independent
2 years, 257 days
2
20
Benedetto Cairoli
Historical Left
2 years, 224 days
3
21
Antonio Salandra
Liberal Union
2 years, 89 days
2
22
Luigi Federico Menabrea
Historical Right
2 years, 48 days
3
23
Giorgia Meloni
Brothers of Italy
2 years, 30 days
1
24
Luigi Pelloux
Military
1 year, 360 days
2
25
Giuliano Amato
Italian Socialist Party /The Olive Tree
1 year, 351 days
2
26
Alfonso La Marmora
Military
1 year, 265 days
2
27
Mario Draghi
Independent
1 year, 251 days
1
28
Ivanoe Bonomi
Reformist Socialist Party /Labour Democratic Party
1 year, 240 days
3
29
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Liberal Union
1 year, 236 days
1
30
Emilio Colombo
Christian Democracy
1 year, 195 days
1
31
Bettino Ricasoli
Historical Right
1 year, 193 days
2
32
Massimo D'Alema
Democrats of the Left
1 year, 187 days
2
33
Paolo Gentiloni
Democratic Party
1 year, 171 days
1
34
Mario Monti
Independent
1 year, 163 days
1
35
Giovanni Spadolini
Italian Republican Party
1 year, 155 days
2
36
Mario Scelba
Christian Democracy
1 year, 146 days
1
37
Paolo Boselli
Liberal Union
1 year, 134 days
1
38
Lamberto Dini
Independent
1 year, 122 days
1
39
Urbano Rattazzi
Historical Left
1 year, 115 days
2
40
Ciriaco De Mita
Christian Democracy
1 year, 100 days
1
41
Francesco Cossiga
Christian Democracy
1 year, 71 days
2
42
Adone Zoli
Christian Democracy
1 year, 43 days
1
43
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Independent
1 year, 12 days
1
44
Luigi Luzzatti
Historical Right
363 days
1
45
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party
358 days
2
46
Giovanni Leone
Christian Democracy
337 days
2
47
Pietro Badoglio
Military
319 days
2
48
Alessandro Fortis
Historical Left
318 days
2
49
Enrico Letta
Democratic Party
300 days
1
50
Giovanni Goria
Christian Democracy
259 days
1
51
Arnaldo Forlani
Christian Democracy
253 days
1
52
Luigi Facta
Liberal Union
247 days
2
53
Giuseppe Saracco
Liberal Union
236 days
1
54
Sidney Sonnino
Historical Right
220 days
2
55
Ferruccio Parri
Action Party
172 days
1
56
Giuseppe Pella
Christian Democracy
154 days
1
57
Fernando Tambroni
Christian Democracy
123 days
1
58
Luigi Carlo Farini
Historical Right
106 days
1
59
Camillo Benso di Cavour
Historical Right
81 days
1
60
Tommaso Tittoni
Historical Right
16 days
1
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)[ edit ]
Rank
Prime Minister
Political Party
Total time in office
Cabinets
1
Benito Mussolini
National Fascist Party
20 years, 267 days
1
2
Giovanni Giolitti
Historical Left /Liberal Union
10 years, 184 days
5
3
Agostino Depretis
Historical Left
8 years, 268 days
9
4
Francesco Crispi
Historical Left
5 years, 278 days
3
5
Marco Minghetti
Historical Right
4 years, 82 days
2
6
Antonio di Rudinì
Historical Right
3 years, 210 days
5
7
Giovanni Lanza
Historical Right
3 years, 208 days
1
8
Giuseppe Zanardelli
Historical Left
2 years, 261 days
1
9
Benedetto Cairoli
Historical Left
2 years, 224 days
3
10
Antonio Salandra
Liberal Union
2 years, 89 days
2
11
Luigi Federico Menabrea
Historical Right
2 years, 48 days
3
12
Luigi Pelloux
Military
1 year, 360 days
2
13
Alfonso La Marmora
Military
1 year, 265 days
2
14
Ivanoe Bonomi
Reformist Socialist Party /Labour Democratic Party
1 year, 240 days
3
15
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Liberal Union
1 year, 236 days
1
16
Bettino Ricasoli
Historical Right
1 year, 193 days
2
17
Paolo Boselli
Liberal Union
1 year, 134 days
1
18
Urbano Rattazzi
Historical Left
1 year, 115 days
2
19
Luigi Luzzatti
Historical Right
363 days
1
20
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party
358 days
2
21
Pietro Badoglio
Military
319 days
2
22
Alessandro Fortis
Historical Left
318 days
2
23
Luigi Facta
Liberal Union
247 days
2
24
Giuseppe Saracco
Liberal Union
236 days
1
25
Sidney Sonnino
Historical Right
220 days
2
26
Ferruccio Parri
Action Party
172 days
1
27
Alcide De Gasperi
Christian Democracy
212 days
1
28
Luigi Carlo Farini
Historical Right
106 days
1
29
Camillo Benso di Cavour
Historical Right
81 days
1
30
Tommaso Tittoni
Historical Right
16 days
1
Italian Republic (1946–present)[ edit ]
Rank
Prime Minister
Political Party
Total time in office
Cabinets
1
Silvio Berlusconi
Forza Italia /The People of Freedom
9 years, 54 days
4
2
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democracy
7 years, 123 days
7
3
Alcide De Gasperi
Christian Democracy
7 years, 38 days
7
4
Aldo Moro
Christian Democracy
6 years, 87 days
5
5
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democracy
4 years, 201 days
6
6
Romano Prodi
The Olive Tree /Democratic Party
4 years, 149 days
2
7
Bettino Craxi
Italian Socialist Party
3 years, 257 days
2
8
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democracy
2 years, 357 days
5
9
Antonio Segni
Christian Democracy
2 years, 355 days
2
10
Matteo Renzi
Democratic Party
2 years, 294 days
1
11
Giuseppe Conte
Independent
2 years, 257 days
2
12
Giorgia Meloni
Brothers of Italy
2 years, 30 days
1
13
Giuliano Amato
Italian Socialist Party /The Olive Tree
1 year, 351 days
2
14
Mario Draghi
Independent
1 year, 251 days
1
15
Emilio Colombo
Christian Democracy
1 year, 195 days
1
16
Massimo D'Alema
Democrats of the Left
1 year, 187 days
2
17
Paolo Gentiloni
Democratic Party
1 year, 171 days
1
18
Mario Monti
Independent
1 year, 163 days
1
19
Giovanni Spadolini
Italian Republican Party
1 year, 155 days
2
20
Mario Scelba
Christian Democracy
1 year, 146 days
1
21
Lamberto Dini
Independent
1 year, 122 days
1
22
Ciriaco De Mita
Christian Democracy
1 year, 100 days
1
23
Francesco Cossiga
Christian Democracy
1 year, 71 days
2
24
Adone Zoli
Christian Democracy
1 year, 43 days
1
25
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Independent
1 year, 12 days
1
26
Giovanni Leone
Christian Democracy
337 days
2
27
Enrico Letta
Democratic Party
300 days
1
28
Giovanni Goria
Christian Democracy
259 days
1
29
Arnaldo Forlani
Christian Democracy
253 days
1
30
Giuseppe Pella
Christian Democracy
154 days
1
31
Fernando Tambroni
Christian Democracy
123 days
1