The Andreotti V Cabinet, led by Giulio Andreotti, was the 35th cabinet of the

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. The government did not gain confidence in the

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with a single vote: 149 senators voted in favor of the confidence motion and 150 against. Consequently, the executive resigned 11 days after his establishment.

Party breakdown

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 ...

(DC): prime minister, 14 ministers, 39 undersecretaries *

Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDI), also known as Italian Social Democratic Party, was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. The longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy, the PSDI had been an im ...

(PSDI): 3 ministers, 7 undersecretaries *

Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy. The PRI has old roots and a long histo ...

(PRI): 3 ministers, 4 undersecretaries

Composition

References

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