The deputy prime minister of Italy, officially the vice president of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (Italian: Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana), is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. Moreover, it is often colloquially known as vicepremier.Salvini e Di Maio vicepremier: ecco tutti i nomi del governoDi Maio e Salvini: tutte le liti tra i due vicepremier The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices to give seniority to a particular Cabinet minister. The office is currently held by Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani under Giorgia Meloni's premiership.
The office is not mentioned in the Constitution. Its role is defined by statutory provisions, most importantly article 8 of law no. 400 of 1998 (Italian: legge n. 400 del 1998). The Deputy Prime Minister assumes the powers of the Prime Minister if the latter becomes unable to discharge his or her duties. In case none was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, it is the eldest Minister who takes upon the role of the Prime Minister in such cases; meanwhile, if there are multiple Deputy Prime Ministers serving at the same time, it falls upon the eldest of them who does so. The Deputy Prime Minister does not automatically succeed the Prime Minister in case the latter resigns, as conventionally, in the aftermath of a resignation, the outgoing Prime Minister remains in place to handle day-to-day business until Parliament picks a successor.
In practice, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may also provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power. In a coalition government, as Enrico Letta Grand coalition government between the Democrats and The People of Freedom, the appointment of the secretary of the smaller party (in the 2014 case, Angelino Alfano, secretary of the PdL) as Deputy Prime Minister is done to give that person more authority within the cabinet to enforce the coalition's agreed-upon agenda.Vice-Presidente del Consiglio – Angelino Alfano
List of deputy prime ministers Kingdom of Italy
Parties 1944–1946:
Coalitions
+ Portrait Name Term of office Party Cabinet Took office Left office Time in office Palmiro Togliatti24 April 194418 June 1944 Italian Communist PartyBadoglio IIOffice not in use18 June 1944 – 12 December 1944Bonomi II Palmiro Togliatti12 December 194421 June 1945 Italian Communist PartyBonomi III Giulio Rodinò Christian Democracy Pietro Nenni21 June 194510 December 1945 Italian Socialist PartyParri Manlio Brosio Italian Liberal Party Pietro Nenni10 December 194513 July 1946 Italian Socialist PartyDe Gasperi I
Italian Republic Parties 1946–1994:
1994–present:
Coalitions
+ Portrait Name Term of office Party Cabinet Took office Left office Time in office Luigi Einaudi(1874–1961)31 May 194723 May 1948 Italian Liberal PartyDe Gasperi IV Randolfo Pacciardi(1899–1991) Italian Republican Party Giuseppe Saragat(1898–1988) Italian Democratic Socialist Party Attilio Piccioni(1892–1976)23 May 194827 January 1950 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi V Giovanni Porzio(1873–1962) Italian Liberal Party Giuseppe Saragat(1898–1988) Italian Democratic Socialist PartyOffice not in use27 January 1950 – 26 July 1951De Gasperi VI Attilio Piccioni(1892–1976) 26 July 1951 17 August 1953 Christian DemocracyDe Gasperi VII·VIIIOffice not in use17 August 1953 – 10 February 1954PellaFanfani I Giuseppe Saragat(1898–1988) 10 February 1954 19 May 1957 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyScelbaSegni I Giuseppe Pella(1902–1981) 19 May 1957 1 July 1958 Christian DemocracyZoli Antonio Segni(1891–1972) 1 July 1958 16 February 1959 Christian DemocracyFanfani IIOffice not in use16 February 1959 – 26 July 1960Segni IITambroni Attilio Piccioni(1892–1976) 26 July 1960 4 December 1963 Christian DemocracyFanfani III·IVLeone I Pietro Nenni(1891–1980) 4 December 1963 24 June 1968 Italian Socialist PartyMoro I·II·IIIOffice not in use 24 June 1968 – 12 December 1968Leone I Francesco De Martino(1907–2002) 12 December 1968 5 August 1969 Italian Socialist PartyRumor I Paolo Emilio Taviani(1912–2001) 5 August 1969 27 March 1970 Christian DemocracyRumor II Francesco De Martino(1907–2002) 27 March 1970 17 February 1972 Italian Socialist PartyRumor IIColomboOffice not in use17 February 1972 – 26 June 1972Andreotti I Mario Tanassi(1916–2007) 26 June 1972 7 July 1973 Italian Democratic Socialist PartyAndreotti IIOffice not in use 7 July 1973 – 23 November 1974Rumor IV·V Ugo La Malfa(1903–1979) 23 November 1974 12 February 1976 Italian Republican PartyMoro IVOffice not in use12 February 1976 – 20 March 1979Moro VAndreotti III·IV Ugo La Malfa(1903–1979) 20 March 1979 26 March 1979Died in office. Italian Republican PartyAndreotti VOffice not in use 26 March 1979 – 4 August 1983Cossiga ICossiga IIForlaniSpadolini I·IIFanfani V Arnaldo Forlani(1925–2023) 4 August 1983 18 April 1987 Christian DemocracyCraxi I·IIOffice not in use 18 April 1987 – 29 July 1987Fanfani VI Giuliano Amato(1938–) 29 July 1987 13 April 1988 Italian Socialist PartyGoria Gianni De Michelis(1940–2019) 13 April 1988 22 July 1989 Italian Socialist PartyDe Mita Claudio Martelli(1943–) 22 July 1989 28 June 1992 Italian Socialist PartyAndreotti VI·VIIOffice not in use 28 June 1992 – 10 May 1994Amato ICiampi Roberto Maroni(1955–2022)10 May 199417 January 1995 Lega NordBerlusconi I Giuseppe Tatarella(1935–1999) National AllianceOffice not in use 17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996Dini Walter Veltroni(1955–) 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Democratic Party of the LeftProdi I Sergio Mattarella(1941–) 21 October 1998 22 December 1999 Italian People's PartyD'Alema IOffice not in use 22 December 1999 – 11 June 2001D'Alema IIAmato II Gianfranco Fini(1952–) 11 June 200123 April 2005 National AllianceBerlusconi II Marco Follini(1954–) 2 December 2004 Union of Christians and Centre Democrats Gianfranco Fini(1952–)23 April 200517 May 2006 National AllianceBerlusconi III Giulio Tremonti(1947–) Forza Italia Massimo D'Alema(1949–)17 May 20068 May 2008 Democrats of the Left /Democratic PartyProdi II Francesco Rutelli(1954–) The Daisy /Democratic PartyOffice not in use8 May 2008 – 28 April 2013Berlusconi IVMonti Angelino Alfano(1970–) 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 The People of Freedom /New Centre-RightLettaOffice not in use22 February 2014 – 1 June 2018RenziGentiloni Matteo Salvini(1973–) 1 June 2018 5 September 2019 LeagueConte I Luigi Di Maio(1986–) Five Star MovementOffice not in use5 September 2019 – 22 October 2022Conte IIDraghi Antonio Tajani(1953–) 22 October 2022 Incumbent Forza ItaliaMeloni Matteo Salvini(1973–) League
Timeline
See also Prime Minister of Italy List of prime ministers of Italy Politics of Italy Lists of incumbents
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