# Second Craxi government

The Craxi II Cabinet was the 43rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1986 to 1987.
The cabinet, headed for the second time by the socialist leader Bettino Craxi, was supported by the penta-party coalition, composed of Christian Democracy (DC), Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Italian Republican Party (PRI) and Italian Liberal Party (PLI).
Craxi resigned on 3 March 1987, resignations then confirmed on 9 April.
It was the first time that the Christian Democracy delegation abandoned a government to which it contributed, in a decisive way, to give life.

## 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 32 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 | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Giuliano Amato (PSI) |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Arnaldo Forlani | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Giulio Andreotti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Susanna Agnelli (PRI) Francesco Cattanei (DC) Bruno Corti (PSDI) Francesco Forte (PSI) Mario Raffaelli (PSI) |
| Minister of the Interior | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Paolo Barsacchi (PSI) Adriano Ciaffi (DC) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Angelo Pavan (DC) Valdo Spini (PSI) |
| Minister of Grace and Justice | Virginio Rognoni | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Luciano Bausi (DC) Dante Cioce (PSDI) Salvatore Frasca (PSI) |
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Pier Luigi Romita | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Alberto Aiardi (DC) Alberto Ciampaglia (PSDI) |
| Minister of Finance | Bruno Visentini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | Franco Bortolani (DC) Carlo Merolli (DC) Raffaele Russo (DC) Domenico Susi (PSI) |
| Minister of Treasury | Giovanni Goria | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Beniamino Finocchiaro (PSI) Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Gianni Ravaglia (PRI) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) |
| Minister of Defence | Giovanni Spadolini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | Tommaso Bisagno (DC) Vittorio Olcese (PRI) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Silvano Signori (PSI) |
| Minister of Public Education | Franca Falcucci | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Domenico Amalfitano (DC) Luigi Covatta (PSI) Mario Dal Castello (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) |
| Minister of Public Works | Franco Nicolazzi | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Gaetano Gorgoni (PRI) Mario Tassone (DC) |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Filippo Maria Pandolfi | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giulio Santarelli (PSI) Mariotto Segni (DC) |
| Minister of Transport | Claudio Signorile | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Niccolò Grassi Bertazzi (DC) Giuseppe Santonastaso (DC) |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Antonio Gava | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Avellone (DC) Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Giuseppe Demitry (PSI) |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Valerio Zanone | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Liberal Party | Angelo Gaetano Cresco (PSI) Savino Melillo (PLI) Nicola Sanese (DC) Giorgio Santuz (DC) |
| Minister of Health | Carlo Donat-Cattin | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Paola Cavigliasso (DC) Saverio D'Aquino (PLI) Gualtiero Nepi (DC) |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Rino Formica | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Gianfranco Rocelli (DC) Alberto Rossi (DC) |
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Costante Degan | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Silvano Costi (PSDI) Antonino Murmura (DC) |
| Minister of State Holdings | Clelio Darida | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Delio Meoli (PSI) Angelo Picano (DC) |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Gianni De Michelis | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Andrea Borruso (DC) Gianfranco Conti Persini (PSDI) Pietro Mezzapesa (DC) |
| Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | Antonino Pietro Gullotti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Galasso (PRI) |
| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | Nicola Capria | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | Luciano Faraguti (DC) |
| Minister of the Environment | Francesco De Lorenzo | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Liberal Party | Giorgio Postal (DC) |
| Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio) | Carlo Vizzini | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | |
| Minister for Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio) | Luigi Granelli | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio) | Fabio Fabbri | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Socialist Party | |
| Minister for Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio) | Giuseppe Zamberletti | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister of Public Function (without portfolio) | Remo Gaspari | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio) | Salverino De Vito | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Christian Democracy | Pasquale Lamorte (DC) Nicola Trotta (PSI) |
| Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Oscar Mammì | 1 August 1986 – 18 April 1987 | Italian Republican Party | |