The Andreotti III Cabinet was the 33rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1976 to 1978. It was the first government in the history of the Italian Republic to count among its members a woman,

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(as Minister of Labour). The government obtained the confidence in the

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on 6 August 1976, with 136 votes in favor, 17 against and 69 abstentions, and in the

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on 9 August 1976, with 258 votes in favor, 44 against and 303 abstentions. It was a single-color government composed only of members of

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

; it was known as the Government of non no-confidence ( it, Governo della non sfiducia) or Government of national solidarity ( it, Governo di solidarietà nazionale) because it obtained the vote of confidence in parliament thanks to the abstention of the

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led by

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. The Andreotti III Cabinet fell on 31 January 1978, due to the withdrawal of support from the Communist Party, which wanted to be directly involved in the government, hypothesis however rejected by the Christian Democracy.Head of Small‐Italian Party Is Asked to Form Cabinet
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Composition

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