The Cossiga I Cabinet, led by Francesco Cossiga, was the 36th 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 ...

. Cossiga resigned on 19 March 1980Il Paese senza governo - Un reincarico a Cossiga?
/ref> and was re-appointed to form a second government. Governo Cossiga I

Party breakdown

* Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 17 ministers, 38 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 ...

(PSDI): 3 ministers, 6 undersecretaries *

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party ( it, Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was a liberal and conservative political party in Italy. The PLI, which is the heir of the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor part ...

(PLI): 2 ministers, 2 undersecretaries * Independents (PSI area): 2 ministers, 1 undersecretary

Composition

References

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