List of Italian governments

This article lists Italian governments with information about them.

List

#	Government	Term start – Term End	End date	Days in Office	Effective Days
1.	Cavour IV	23 March 1861 – 12 June 1861	6 June 1861	81	75
2.	Ricasoli I	12 June 1861 – 3 March 1862	28 February 1862	264	261
3.	Rattazzi I	3 March 1862 – 8 December 1862	1 December 1862	280	273
4.	Farini	8 December 1862 – 24 March 1863	24 March 1863	106	106
5.	Minghetti I	24 March 1863 – 28 September 1864	23 September 1864	554	549
6.	La Marmora II	28 September 1864 – 31 December 1865	21 December 1865	459	449
7.	La Marmora III	31 December 1865 – 20 June 1866	20 June 1866	171	171
8.	Ricasoli II	20 June 1866 – 10 April 1867	4 April 1867	294	288
9.	Rattazzi II	10 April 1867 – 27 October 1867	19 October 1867	200	192
10.	Menabrea I	27 October 1867 – 5 January 1868	23 December 1867	70	57
11.	Menabrea II	5 January 1868 – 13 May 1869	7 May 1869	494	488
12.	Menabrea III	13 May 1869 – 14 December 1869	22 November 1869	215	193
13.	Lanza	14 December 1869 – 10 July 1873	26 June 1873	1304	1290
14.	Minghetti II	10 July 1873 – 25 March 1876	19 March 1876	989	983
15.	Depretis I	25 March 1876 – 29 December 1877	15 December 1877	644	630
16.	Depretis II	29 December 1877 – 24 March 1878	9 March 1878	85	70
17.	Cairoli I	24 March 1878 – 19 December 1878	12 December 1878	270	263
18.	Depretis III	19 December 1878 – 14 July 1879	3 July 1879	207	196
19.	Cairoli II	14 July 1879 – 25 November 1879	18 November 1879	134	127
20.	Cairoli III	25 November 1879 – 29 May 1881	14 May 1881	551	536
21.	Depretis IV	29 May 1881 – 25 May 1883	22 May 1883	726	723
22.	Depretis V	25 May 1883 – 30 March 1884	20 March 1884	310	300
23.	Depretis VI	30 March 1884 – 29 June 1885	18 June 1885	456	445
24.	Depretis VII	29 June 1885 – 4 April 1887	8 February 1887	644	589
25.	Crispi I	7 August 1887 – 9 March 1889	28 February 1889	580	571
26.	Depretis VIII	4 April 1887 – 7 August 1887	29 July 1887	125	116
27.	Crispi II	9 March 1889 – 9 February 1891	31 January 1891	702	693
28.	Di Rudinì I	9 February 1891 – 15 May 1892	14 April 1892	461	430
29.	Giolitti I	15 May 1892 – 15 December 1893	24 November 1893	579	558
30.	Crispi III	15 December 1893 – 14 June 1894	5 June 1894	181	172
31.	Crispi IV	14 June 1894 – 10 March 1896	5 March 1896	635	630
32.	Di Rudinì II	10 March 1896 – 15 July 1896	11 July 1896	127	123
33.	Di Rudinì III	15 July 1896 – 14 December 1897	6 December 1897	517	509
34.	Di Rudinì IV	14 December 1897 – 1 June 1898	28 May 1898	169	165
35.	Pelloux I	30 June 1898 – 15 May 1899	3 May 1899	319	307
36.	Pelloux II	15 May 1899 – 25 June 1900	18 June 1900	406	399
37.	Saracco	25 June 1900 – 15 February 1901	7 February 1901	235	227
38.	Zanardelli	15 February 1901 – 3 November 1903	21 October 1903	991	978
39.	Giolitti II	3 November 1903 – 16 March 1905	4 March 1905	499	487
40.	Tittoni	16 March 1905 – 28 March 1905	25 March 1905	12	9
41.	Fortis I	28 March 1905 – 24 December 1905	18 December 1905	271	265
42.	Fortis II	24 December 1905 – 8 February 1906	2 February 1906	46	40
43.	Sonnino I	8 February 1906 – 30 May 1906	18 May 1906	111	99
44.	Giolitti III	30 May 1906 – 11 December 1909	3 December 1909	1291	1283
45.	Sonnino II	11 December 1909 – 31 March 1910	21 March 1910	110	100
46.	Luzzatti	31 March 1910 – 30 March 1911	19 March 1911	364	353
47.	Giolitti IV	30 March 1911 – 21 March 1914	10 March 1914	1087	1076
48.	Salandra I	21 March 1914 – 5 November 1914	31 October 1914	229	224
49.	Salandra II	5 November 1914 – 19 June 1916	10 June 1916	592	583
50.	Boselli	19 June 1916 – 30 October 1917	26 October 1917	498	494
51.	Orlando	30 October 1917 – 23 June 1919	19 June 1919	601	597
52.	Nitti I	23 June 1919 – 22 May 1920	12 May 1920	334	324
53.	Nitti II	22 May 1920 – 16 June 1920	9 June 1920	25	18
54.	Giolitti V	16 June 1920 – 4 July 1921	27 June 1921	383	376
55.	Bonomi I	4 July 1921 – 26 February 1922	2 February 1922	237	213
56.	Facta I	26 February 1922 – 1 August 1922	19 July 1922	156	143
57.	Facta II	1 August 1922 – 31 October 1922	27 October 1922	91	87
58.	Mussolini	31 October 1922 – 27 July 1943	25 July 1943	7574	4757
59.	Badoglio I	27 July 1943 – 24 April 1944	17 April 1944	272	265
60.	Badoglio II	24 April 1944 – 18 June 1944	8 June 1944	55	45
61.	Bonomi II	18 June 1944 – 12 December 1944	26 November 1944	177	161
62.	Bonomi III	12 December 1944 – 21 June 1945	12 June 1945	191	182
63.	Parri	21 June 1945 – 10 December 1945	24 November 1945	172	156
64.	De Gasperi I	10 December 1945 – 14 July 1946	1 July 1946	216	203
65.	Di Rudinì V	1 June 1898 – 30 June 1898	18 June 1898	29	17

Statistics

Average government duration: 361 days
Number of governments since the end of World War II: 70
Number of Prime Ministers since the end of World War II: 32

Records

Longest government: Berlusconi II.
Shortest government: De Gasperi VIII.
Most terms as head of government: Alcide De Gasperi.
Longest cumulative term as head of government: Alcide De Gasperi.
Longest period without a new Prime Minister: eleven years and seven months.
Party with the longest continuous tenure as head of government: Christian Democracy.

Main Prime Ministers

Only those Prime Ministers who have completed at least three terms are listed

These six men alone account for thirty-five of the sixty-two Prime Ministerial terms since the end of the war. It is also worth noting that none of them come from the centre-left.