The Zoli Cabinet was the 12th

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of the

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, which held office from 20 May 1957 to 2 July 1958, for a total of 408 days, or 1 year, 1 months and 12 days. The government obtained the confidence in the Senate on 4 June 1957, with 132 votes in favor and 93 against, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 7 June, with 560 votes in favor, 305 against and 11 abstensions.II Legislatura - 25 giugno 1953-11 giugno 1958
/ref> This cabinet was the first one who has been supported by the neo-fascist

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; but Zoli, a strong anti-fascist, resigned the post of Prime Minister soon after it became clear that he would have needed to rely on the votes of the neo-fascists to form a majority in the Parliament. He was then convinced by President of the Republic,

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, to remain in the post until the natural dissolution of the Italian Parliament in 1958.

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