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The prime minister of Italy is the head of the Council of Ministers, which holds effective executive power in the Italian government. [1] [2] The first officeholder was Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who was sworn in on 23 March 1861 after the unification of Italy. [3]
The prime minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri), [2] [3] is the head of government of the Italian Republic.
Of the 60 prime ministers, eight served more than 5 years, while seventeen served less than a year. Benito Mussolini was the longest-serving head of government, having settled a dictatorship and ruled the country for a record of 20 years and 267 days; [1] [2] Tommaso Tittoni was the shortest-serving prime minister, having governed for 16 days only in 1905.
As of July 2022, FdI was the first party in the coalition according to opinion polling, [79] [80] and she was widely expected to become Prime Minister of Italy if the centre-right coalition obtained an absolute majority in Parliament, which would be the most right-wing government in the history of the Italian Republic according to some academics.
The constitution establishes the Government of Italy as composed of the President of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) and the cabinet's ministers. The President of Italy appoints the prime minister and, on the prime minister's proposal, the subsequent ministers that form their cabinet. [2]
Eight months after Italy took a sharp turn to the right, the government headed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni – whose Brothers of Italy party has neo-fascist roots – is wreaking havoc at ...
The Meloni government is the 68th and current government of the Italian Republic, the first headed by Giorgia Meloni, leader of Brothers of Italy, who is also the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy.
The Council of Ministers (Italian: Consiglio dei Ministri, CdM) is the principal executive organ of the Government of Italy. It comprises the President of the Council (the Prime Minister of Italy), all the ministers, and the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister.