The De Gasperi VIII Cabinet held office from 16 July to 17 August 1953, a total of just 32 days. It was the first government of the Republic to fall at its inaugural Parliamentary vote of confidence, having been submitted to Parliament by President Luigi Einaudi

Luigi Einaudi

Luigi Einaudi , Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato di Gran Cordone OMRI was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the second President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955.-Early life:...

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• Party in government:
  • Christian Democracy
    Christian Democracy (Italy)
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President of the Council of Ministers

Prime minister of Italy

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Alcide De Gasperi Alcide De Gasperi Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953 he was the prime minister of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics...

Secretary to the President of the Council of Ministers

Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti is an Italian politician of the now dissolved centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior , Defense Minister and Foreign Minister and he... , Giorgio Tupini, Roberto Lucifredi

Ministers without portfolio

Presidente del comitato dei ministri della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno e per l'esecuzione di opere straordinarie di pubblico interesse nell'Italia settentrionale e centrale

Pietro Campilli

Affari esteri 

Minister	Alcide De Gasperi Alcide De Gasperi Alcide De Gasperi was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953 he was the prime minister of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics... , ad interim
Undersecretary	Francesco Maria Dominedò, Ludovico Benvenuti

Interno 

Minister	Amintore Fanfani Amintore Fanfani Amintore Fanfani was an Italian career politician and the 33rd man to serve the office of Prime Minister of the State. He was one of the well-known Italian politicians after the Second World War, and a historical figure of the Christian Democracy .Fanfani and Giovanni Giolitti are still actually...
Undersecretary	Guido Bisori

Grazia e Giustizia 

Minister	Guido Gonella
Undersecretary	Fernando Tambroni Fernando Tambroni Fernando Tambroni Armaroli was an Italian politician of the Christian Democratic Party. He was a lawyer, a prominent supporter of law and order policies, and for a brief time in 1960, the 37th Prime Minister of Italy...

Tesoro 

Minister	Giuseppe Pella Giuseppe Pella Giuseppe Pella was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1954 to 1956 after the death of Alcide De Gasperi.He was born in Valdengo, Piedmont...  (ad interim)
Sottosegretari	Ennio Avanzini, Rodolfo Vicentini, Mario Zotta, Gennaro Cassiani

Bilancio 

Minister	Giuseppe Pella Giuseppe Pella Giuseppe Pella was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. He was also President of the European Parliament from 1954 to 1956 after the death of Alcide De Gasperi.He was born in Valdengo, Piedmont...
Undersecretary	Mario Ferrari Aggradi

Finanze 

Minister	Ezio Vanoni
Undersecretary	Edgardo Castelli, Angelo Motta Angelo Motta Angelo Motta was an Italian entrepreneur, founder of the food company Motta. He is associated with the commercial production of the sweet yeast bread panettone.Motta later served as a finance minister in the cabinets of Alcide De Gasperi during the 1950s....

Difesa

Ministero della Difesa

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Minister	Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli
Undersecretary	Edoardo Angelo Martino, Giacinto Bosco, Gaetano Vigo

Pubblica Istruzione 

Minister	Giuseppe Bettiol
Undersecretary	Raffaele Resta, Angelo Di Rocco

Lavori Pubblici 

Minister	Giuseppe Spataro Giuseppe Spataro An important political figure, Giuseppe Spataro, was born in Vasto, on 12 June 1897. His parents, Anna and Alfonso Nasci, were a high-class Italian family, living in the urban center within the province Chieti....
Undersecretary	Emilio Colombo Emilio Colombo Emilio Colombo is an Italian politician who was Prime Minister of Italy from 1970 to 1972. In addition to having held top positions in Italian governments, he was also active in European politics.-Biography:...

Agricoltura e Foreste 

Minister

Rocco Salomone

Undersecretary

Luigi Gui Luigi Gui Luigi Gui was an Italian politician and philosopher.Gui was born in Padua . He graduated in philosophy at The Catholic University in Milan. He was an officer of the Alpini corps of the Italian Army, and fought in USSR during World War II... , Mariano Rumor Mariano Rumor Mariano Rumor was an Italian politician, a member of the Democrazia Cristiana and the 40th Prime Minister of Italy.He was born in Vicenza, Veneto...

Trasporti 

Minister	Giuseppe Togni
Undersecretary	Giovanni Bovetti

Poste e Telecomunicazioni 

Minister	Umberto Merlin
Undersecretary	Enrico Carboni

Industria e Commercio 

Ministro	Silvio Gava
Undersecretary	Emilio Battista, Gioacchino Quarello

Commercio con l'Estero 

Minister	Paolo Emilio Taviani Paolo Emilio Taviani Paolo Emilio Taviani was an Italian political leader, economist and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus....
Undersecretary	Mario Martinelli

Marina Mercantile 

Minister	Bernardo Mattarella Bernardo Mattarella Bernardo Mattarella was an Italian politician for the Christian Democrat party . He has been Minister of Italy several times...
Undersecretary	Basilio Focaccia

Lavoro e Previdenza Sociale 

Minister	Leopoldo Rubinacci
Undersecretary	Rinaldo Del Bo Rinaldo Del Bo Rinaldo Del Bo was an Italian politician who served in the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving as President of the body between 9 October 1963 and 1967 as the Del Bo Authority.... , Umberto Delle Fave