The Cossiga II Cabinet, led by Francesco Cossiga, was the 37th cabinet of the

Italian Republic Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. It fell due to the rejection of the 1980 Budget by Parliament by secret ballot.

Party breakdown

* Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 15 ministers, 34 undersecretaries *

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Socialism, socialist and later Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the l ...

(PSI): 9 ministers, 18 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 hist ...

(PRI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries

Composition

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