Third Andreotti government
The third Andreotti government, also known as the government of non no-confidence or government of national solidarity, was the 33rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. The first government in the history of the Italian Republic to count among its members a woman, Tina Anselmi as Minister of Labour and Social Security, it held office from 1976 to 1978.
The third Andreotti government obtained the confidence in the Senate of the Republic on 6 August 1976, with 136 votes in favour, 17 against, and 69 abstentions, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 9 August 1976, with 258 votes in favour, 44 against, and 303 abstentions. It was a single-party government composed only of members of Christian Democracy ; it was known as the government of non no-confidence because it obtained the vote of confidence in the Italian Parliament thanks to the abstentionism of the Italian Communist Party led by Enrico Berlinguer. The third Andreotti government fell on 31 January 1978 due to the withdrawal of support from the PCI, which wanted to be directly involved in the government, a proposal rejected by the DC.