# 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.

## 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

| 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) |
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Bettino Craxi (ad interim) | 13 July 1984 – 30 July 1984 | Italian Socialist Party | Alberto Aiardi (DC) Carlo Vizzini (PSDI) (until 30 July 1984) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984) |
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Pier Luigi Romita | 30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Alberto Aiardi (DC) Carlo Vizzini (PSDI) (until 30 July 1984) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) (since 2 August 1984) |
| 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 | |
| Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio) | 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 | |
| Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio) | 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 | |
| Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio) | 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 | |
| Minister of Ecology (without portfolio) | 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 | |