Since 1861, there have been 60 people sworn into office as prime minister of Italy: 30 during the monarchic period and 31 during the republican period, with Alcide De Gasperi having served during both. In 2022 Giorgia Meloni became the first woman to hold the office.
Notable lengths
Of the 60 prime ministers, eight served more than 5 years, while seventeen served less than a year. Benito Mussolini was the longest-serving head of government, having settled a dictatorship and ruled the country for a record of 20 years and 267 days; Tommaso Tittoni was the shortest-serving prime minister, having governed for 16 days only in 1905. Tommaso Tittoni, Incarichi di governo, Parlamento italiano (Accessed May 8, 2016) The longest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Silvio Berlusconi, who held the position for more than nine years between 1994 and 2011, while the shortest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic was Fernando Tambroni, who governed for 123 days in 1960.
List of office holders This list is based on the difference between dates; if counted by the number of calendar days, the figures would be one day greater for each term served. +N.Prime MinisterTime in officePartyTermReferences 1 Benito Mussolini National Fascist Party 1 2 Giovanni Giolitti 10 years, 184 days Historical Left → Liberal Party 5 3 Silvio Berlusconi 9 years, 53 days Forza Italia → The People of Freedom 4 4 Agostino Depretis 8 years, 275 days Historical Left 8 5 Alcide De Gasperi Christian Democracy 8 6 Giulio Andreotti 7 years, 122 days Christian Democracy 7 7 Aldo Moro 6 years, 89 days Christian Democracy 5 8 Francesco Crispi 5 years, 278 days Historical Left 4 9 Amintore Fanfani 4 years, 199 days Christian Democracy 6 10 Romano Prodi 4 years, 148 days Independent → Democratic Party 2 11 Marco Minghetti 4 years, 83 days Historical Right 2 12 Giorgia Meloni Brothers of Italy 1 13 Bettino Craxi Italian Socialist Party 2 14 Antonio Starabba di Rudinì 3 years, 210 days Historical Right 5 15 Giovanni Lanza Historical Right 1 16 Mariano Rumor 3 years, 9 days Christian Democracy 5 17 Antonio Segni 2 years, 357 days Christian Democracy 2 18 Matteo Renzi Democratic Party 1 19 Giuseppe Zanardelli Historical Left 1 20 Giuseppe Conte Independent 2 21 Benedetto Cairoli 2 years, 224 days Historical Left 2 22 Antonio Salandra Liberal Party 2 23 Luigi Federico Menabrea Historical Right 3 24 Luigi Pelloux Military 2 25 Giuliano Amato 1 year, 350 days Italian Socialist Party → Independent 2 26 Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora Military 2 27 Mario Draghi Independent 1 28 Ivanoe Bonomi 1 year, 240 days Reformist Socialist → Labour Democratic Party 3 29 Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Liberal Party 1 30 Emilio Colombo Christian Democracy 1 31 Bettino Ricasoli 1 year, 193 days Historical Right 2 32 Massimo D'Alema Democrats of the Left 2 33 Paolo Gentiloni Democratic Party 1 34 Mario Monti Independent 1 35 Giovanni Spadolini Italian Republican Party 2 36 Mario Scelba Christian Democracy 1 37 Paolo Boselli Liberal Party 1 38 Lamberto Dini Independent 1 39 Urbano Rattazzi 1 year, 115 days Historical Left 2 40 Ciriaco De Mita Christian Democracy 1 41 Francesco Cossiga Christian Democracy 2 42 Adone Zoli Christian Democracy 1 43 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Independent 1 44 Luigi Luzzatti Historical Right 1 45 Francesco Saverio Nitti Italian Radical Party 2 46 Giovanni Leone 337 days Christian Democracy 2 47 Pietro Badoglio Military 2 48 Alessandro Fortis Historical Left 2 49 Enrico Letta Democratic Party 1 50 Giovanni Goria Christian Democracy 1 51 Arnaldo Forlani Christian Democracy 1 52 Luigi Facta Liberal Party → Italian Liberal Party 2 53 Giuseppe Saracco Historical Left 1 54 Sidney Sonnino 220 days Historical Right 2 55 Ferruccio Parri Action Party 1 56 Giuseppe Pella Christian Democracy 1 57 Fernando Tambroni Christian Democracy 1 58 Luigi Carlo Farini Historical Right 1 59 Camillo Benso di Cavour Historical Right 1 60 Tommaso Tittoni Historical Right 1
See also List of prime ministers of Italy
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