The Segni I Cabinet was the 11th cabinet of the Italian government which held office from 6 July 1955 until 20 May 1957, for a total of 683 days, or 1 year, 10 months and 13 days.Composizione del Governo Segni I
Following the resignation of the previous government, chaired by Mario Scelba and caused by internal clashes with the DC and by the PRI's refusal to return to the government, the President of the Republic Gronchi, on 26 June 1955, instructed Antonio Segni to start consultations with the parties to explore the possibilities of the formation of a new government and, having obtained the approval of the DC, PSDI and PLI and external support from the PRI, on 2 July, he was entrusted with the task of forming the new government. The program was presented first to the Chamber which, on 18 July, approved the motion of confidence with 293 votes in favor and 265 against while, in the Senate, it was approved on 22 July with 121 votes in favor and 100 against.
Following the departure of the PSDI from the government, Segni presented his resignation to Gronchi on 6 May 1957.II Legislatura - 25 giugno 1953-11 giugno 1958
Government parties The government was composed by the following parties:
PartyIdeologyLeader Christian Democracy (DC) Christian democracy Amintore Fanfani Social democracy Giuseppe Saragat Italian Liberal Party (PLI) Liberalism Giovanni Malagodi
Party breakdown Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 14 ministers and 31 undersecretaries Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): deputy prime minister, 3 ministers and 5 undersecretaries Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 3 ministers and 4 undersecretaries
Composition Office Name Party Term Prime Minister Antonio Segni DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Deputy Prime Minister Giuseppe Saragat PSDI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Foreign Affairs Gaetano Martino PLI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of the Interior Fernando Tambroni DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Grace and Justice Aldo Moro DC 6 July 195520 May 1957Minister of Budget Ezio Vanoni DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Adone Zoli DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Finance Giulio Andreotti DC 6 July 195520 May 1957Minister of Treasury Silvio Gava DC 6 July 195531 January 1956 Ezio Vanoni (ad interim) DC 31 January 195616 February 1956 Giuseppe Medici DC 16 February 19562 July 1958 Minister of Defence Paolo Emilio Taviani DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Public Education Paolo Rossi PSDI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Public Works Giuseppe Romita PSDI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Agriculture and Forests Emilio Colombo DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Transport Armando Angelini DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Post and Telecommunications Giovanni Braschi DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Industry and Commerce Guido Cortese PLI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Foreign Trade Bernardo Mattarella DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of Merchant Navy Gennaro Cassiani DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister of State Holdings Giuseppe Togni DC 2 March 195720 May 1957Minister of Labour and Social Security Ezio Vigorelli PSDI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Adone Zoli (ad interim) DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister for the Fund for the South (without portfolio) Pietro Campilli DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) Raffaele De Caro PLI 6 July 195520 May 1957 Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio) Guido Gonella DC 6 July 195520 May 1957 Secretary of the Council of Ministers Carlo Russo DC 6 July 195520 May 1957
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