# Fourth Andreotti government

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, and in the Senate with 267 votes in favor and 5 against.
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.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| 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 |
| Minister of the Interior | Giulio Andreotti (ad interim) | 11 May 1978 | 13 June 1978 | DC |
| Minister of the Interior | 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 |