The eighth De Gasperi government held office in the Italian Republic from 16 July to 17 August 1953, a total of just 32 days. Formed in the aftermath of the 1953 Italian general election, which was controversial due to the Scam Law. It was the first government of the Italian Republic to fall at its inaugural parliamentary vote of confidence, and thus it is one of the most short-lived governments in Italian history, having been submitted to Parliament by President Luigi Einaudi.
Composition Office Name Party Term Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Deputy Prime Minister Attilio Piccioni DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Foreign Affairs Alcide De Gasperi (ad interim) DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of the Interior Amintore Fanfani DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Grace and Justice Guido Gonella DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Budget Giuseppe Pella DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Finance Ezio Vanoni DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Treasury Giuseppe Pella (ad interim) DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Defence Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Public Education Giuseppe Bettiol DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Public Works Giuseppe Spataro DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Agriculture and Forests Rocco Salomone DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Transport Giuseppe Togni DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Post and Telecommunications Umberto Merlin DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Industry and Commerce Silvio Gava DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Foreign Trade Paolo Emilio Taviani DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Merchant Navy Bernardo Mattarella DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister of Labour and Social Security Leopoldo Rubinacci DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Minister for the Fund for the South (without portfolio) Pietro Campilli DC 16 July 195317 August 1953 Secretary of the Council of Ministers Giulio Andreotti DC 16 July 195317 August 1953
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