# First Cossiga government

The Cossiga I Cabinet, led by Francesco Cossiga, was the 36th cabinet of the Italian Republic.
Cossiga resigned on 19 March 1980 and was re-appointed to form a second government.

## Party breakdown

* Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 17 ministers, 38 undersecretaries
* Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 6 undersecretaries
* Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers, 2 undersecretaries
* Independents (PSI area): 2 ministers, 1 undersecretary

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Francesco Cossiga | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Franco Maria Malfatti | 5 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Attilio Ruffini | 14 January 1980 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of the Interior | Virginio Rognoni | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Grace and Justice | Tommaso Morlino | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Beniamino Andreatta | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Finance | Franco Reviglio | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSI |
| Minister of Treasury | Filippo Maria Pandolfi | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Defence | Attilio Ruffini | 5 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Defence | Adolfo Sarti | 14 January 1980 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Public Education | Salvatore Valitutti | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PLI |
| Minister of Public Works | Franco Nicolazzi | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSDI |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Giovanni Marcora | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Transport | Luigi Preti | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSDI |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Vittorino Colombo | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Antonio Bisaglia | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Health | Renato Altissimo | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PLI |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Gaetano Stammati | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Franco Evangelisti | 5 August 1979 | 4 March 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Nicola Signorello | 4 March 1980 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of State Holdings | Siro Lombardini | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Vincenzo Scotti | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | Egidio Ariosto | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSDI |
| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | Bernardo D'Arezzo | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives (without portfolio) | Vito Scalia | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Minister of Public Function (without portfolio) | Massimo Severo Giannini | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSI |
| Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio) | Michele Di Giesi | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | PSDI |
| Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Adolfo Sarti | 5 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | DC |
| Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Clelio Darida | 14 January 1980 | 4 April 1980 | DC |
| Secretary of the Council of Ministers | Piergiorgio Bressani | 5 August 1979 | 4 April 1980 | DC |