fourth De Gasperi government

{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name = De Gasperi IV Cabinet

|cabinet_number = 3rd

|jurisdiction = Italy

|flag = Flag of Italy.svg

|flag_border = true

|image = Alcide de Gasperi 2.jpg

|date_formed = 31 May 1947

|date_dissolved = 24 May 1948

|government_head = Alcide De Gasperi

|state_head = Enrico De Nicola
Luigi Einaudi

|members_number = 17 (incl. PM)

|former_members_number =

|total_number = 20 (incl. PM)

|political_parties = DC, PSLI, PLI, PRI

|opposition_parties = PCI, PSI, FUQ, BNL

|legislature_status = Coalition government

|election =

|last_election = 1948 election

|legislature_term = Constituent Legislature (1946{{ndash}}1948)

|previous = De Gasperi III Cabinet

|successor = De Gasperi V Cabinet

}}

The fourth De Gasperi government held office in the Italian Republic from 31 May 1947 to 23 May 1948, a total of 358 days, or 11 months and 22 days.[http://www.governo.it/Governo/Governi/de_gasperi4.html Il Governo De Gasperi IV]

Party breakdown

=Beginning of term=

Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 11 ministers, 7 undersecretaries
Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers (incl. 1 deputy prime minister)
Independents: 3 ministers

=End of term=

Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 9 ministers, 10 undersecretaries
Socialist Party of Italian Workers (PSLI): 1 deputy prime minister, 2 ministers, 3 undersecretaries
Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers (incl. 1 deputy prime minister), 3 undersecretaries
Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 deputy prime minister, 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries
Independent: 3 ministers

File:Dichiarazione De Gasperi IV 1947.jpg

Composition

class="wikitable"
Office ! Name ! colspan=2 \| Party ! Term
Prime Minister \| Alcide De Gasperi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Deputy Prime Minister \| Luigi Einaudi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Liberal Party}}" \| \| PLI \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Deputy Prime Minister \| Giuseppe Saragat \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" \| \| PSLI \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Deputy Prime Minister \| Randolfo Pacciardi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Republican Party}}" \| \| PRI \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Foreign Affairs \| Carlo Sforza \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \| Independent \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of the Interior \| Mario Scelba \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Italian Africa \| Alcide De Gasperi (ad interim) \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Grace and Justice \| Giuseppe Grassi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Liberal Party}}" \| \| PLI \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Budget \| Luigi Einaudi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Liberal Party}}" \| \| PLI \| 6 June 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
rowspan=2\|Minister of Finance \| Luigi Einaudi \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Liberal Party}}" \| \| PLI \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}6 June 1947
Giuseppe Pella \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 6 June 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Treasury \| Gustavo Del Vecchio \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Independent politician}}" \| \| Independent \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
rowspan=2\|Minister of Defence \| Mario Cingolani \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947
Cipriano Facchinetti \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Republican Party}}" \| \| PRI \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Public Education \| Guido Gonella \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Public Works \| Umberto Tupini \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Agriculture and Forests \| Antonio Segni \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Transport \| Guido Corbellini \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
rowspan=2\|Minister of Post and Telecommunications \| Umberto Merlin \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947
Ludovico D'Aragona \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" \| \| PSLI \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
rowspan=2\|Minister of Industry and Commerce \| Giuseppe Togni \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947
Roberto Tremelloni \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" \| \| PSLI \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Foreign Trade \| Cesare Merzagora \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Independent (politician)}}" \| \| Independent \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Merchant Navy \| Paolo Cappa \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister of Labour and Social Security \| Amintore Fanfani \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
Minister for the Coordination of Economic Policies (without portfolio) \| Giuseppe Togni \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948
colspan="5"\|
Secretary of the Council of Ministers \| Giulio Andreotti \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" \| \| DC \| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

class="wikitable"

Office

! Name

! colspan=2 | Party

! Term

Prime Minister

| Alcide De Gasperi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Deputy Prime Minister

| Luigi Einaudi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" |

| PLI

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Deputy Prime Minister

| Giuseppe Saragat

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" |

| PSLI

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Deputy Prime Minister

| Randolfo Pacciardi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Republican Party}}" |

| PRI

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Foreign Affairs

| Carlo Sforza

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| Independent

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of the Interior

| Mario Scelba

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Italian Africa

| Alcide De Gasperi (ad interim)

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Grace and Justice

| Giuseppe Grassi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" |

| PLI

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Budget

| Luigi Einaudi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" |

| PLI

| 6 June 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

rowspan=2|Minister of Finance

| Luigi Einaudi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" |

| PLI

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}6 June 1947

Giuseppe Pella

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 6 June 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Treasury

| Gustavo Del Vecchio

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

| Independent

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

rowspan=2|Minister of Defence

| Mario Cingolani

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947

Cipriano Facchinetti

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Republican Party}}" |

| PRI

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Public Education

| Guido Gonella

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Public Works

| Umberto Tupini

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Agriculture and Forests

| Antonio Segni

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Transport

| Guido Corbellini

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

rowspan=2|Minister of Post and Telecommunications

| Umberto Merlin

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947

Ludovico D'Aragona

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" |

| PSLI

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

rowspan=2|Minister of Industry and Commerce

| Giuseppe Togni

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}15 December 1947

Roberto Tremelloni

| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" |

| PSLI

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Foreign Trade

| Cesare Merzagora

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |

| Independent

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Merchant Navy

| Paolo Cappa

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister of Labour and Social Security

| Amintore Fanfani

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

Minister for the Coordination of Economic Policies (without portfolio)

| Giuseppe Togni

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 15 December 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

colspan="5"|

Secretary of the Council of Ministers

| Giulio Andreotti

| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy (Italy)}}" |

| DC

| 31 May 1947{{ndash}}24 May 1948

References

De Gasperi 4

Category:1947 establishments in Italy

Category:1948 disestablishments in Italy

Category:Cabinets established in 1947

Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1947

De Gasperi 4 Cabinet