# First Spadolini government

The Spadolini I Cabinet, led by Giovanni Spadolini, was the 39th cabinet of the Italian Republic.
The government, in office from 28 June 1981 to 23 August 1982, was led by for the first time in the republican history of Italy by a non-Christian Democrat Prime Minister, the Republican Spadolini. However, Christian Democracy (DC) maintained the majority of ministries, while forming a large coalition of five parties (Pentapartito) with Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Italian Republican Party (PRI) and Italian Liberal Party (PLI).
The cabinet fell after the reject of the government's budget law. After that, Spadolini resigned on 7 August 1982.

## Party breakdown

| Christian Democracy | 15 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 7 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 3 |
| Italian Republican Party | 2 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 1 |

### Ministers and other members

* Italian Republican Party (PRI): prime minister, 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries
* Christian Democracy (DC): 15 ministers, 31 undersecretaries
* Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 7 ministers, 15 undersecretaries
* Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries
* Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries

## Composition

| Office | Name | Term | Party | Undersecretaries |
| Prime Minister | Giovanni Spadolini | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Republican Party | Francesco Compagna (PRI) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Emilio Colombo | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Bruno Corti (PSDI) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Mario Fioret (DC) Roberto Palleschi (PSI) |
| Minister of the Interior | Virginio Rognoni | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Marino Corder (DC) Angelo Maria Sanza (DC) Francesco Spinelli (PSI) |
| Minister of Grace and Justice | Clelio Darida | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Gargani (DC) Domenico Raffaello Lombardi (DC) Gaetano Scamarcio (PSI) |
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Giorgio La Malfa | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Republican Party | Giovanni Goria (DC) (until 3 June 1982) Emilio Rubbi (DC) (since 3 June 1982) |
| Minister of Finance | Rino Formica | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Giuseppe Amadei (PSDI) Francesco Colucci (PSI) Paolo Enrico Moro (DC) Rodolfo Tambroni Armaroli (DC) |
| Minister of Treasury | Beniamino Andreatta | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) Angelo Tiraboschi (PSI) Claudio Venanzetti (PRI) |
| Minister of Defence | Lelio Lagorio | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Bartolomeo Ciccardini (DC) Martino Scovacricchi (PSDI) Amerigo Petrucci (DC) |
| Minister of Public Education | Guido Bodrato | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Antonino Drago (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) Sisinio Zito (PSI) |
| Minister of Public Works | Franco Nicolazzi | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Mario Casalinuovo (PSI) Giorgio Santuz (DC) |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Giuseppe Bartolomei | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Mario Campagnoli (DC) Fabio Fabbri (PSI) |
| Minister of Transport | Vincenzo Balzamo | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Antonio Caldoro (PSI) Dino Riva (PSDI) Elio Tiriolo (DC) |
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Remo Gaspari | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Pino Leccisi (DC) Gaspare Saladino (PSI) |
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Giovanni Marcora | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Gianni Fontana (DC) Enrico Novellini (PSI) Francesco Rebecchini (DC) |
| Minister of Health | Renato Altissimo | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Liberal Party | Maria Magnani Noya (PSI) Bruno Orsini (DC) |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nicola Capria | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Baldassare Armato (DC) Enrico Rizzi (PSDI) |
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Calogero Mannino | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Giovanni Nonne (PSI) Francesco Patriarca (DC) |
| Minister of State Holdings | Gianni De Michelis | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Silvestro Ferrari (DC) Delio Giacometti (DC) |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Michele Di Giesi | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Mario Costa (DC) Angelo Cresco (PSI) Mario Gargano (DC) Piergiovanni Malvestio (DC) |
| Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | Vincenzo Scotti | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Pietro Mezzapesa (DC) |
| Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | Nicola Signorello | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | Enrico Quaranta (PSI) |
| Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio) | Aldo Aniasi | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | |
| Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research (without portfolio) | Giancarlo Tesini | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio) | Lucio Abis | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio) | Giuseppe Zamberletti | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | |
| Minister of Public Function (without portfolio) | Dante Schietroma | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | Francesco Quattrone (DC) |
| Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio) | Claudio Signorile | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Italian Socialist Party | Salvatore Urso (DC) |
| Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Luciano Radi | 28 June 1981 – 23 August 1982 | Christian Democracy | |
* ↑ Secretary of the Council of Ministers