Forlani government

The Forlani Cabinet, led by Arnaldo Forlani, was the 38th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

Forlani Cabinet
38th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	18 October 1980 (1980-10-18)
Date dissolved	28 June 1981 (1981-06-28)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sandro Pertini
Head of government	Arnaldo Forlani
Total no. of members	26
Member parties	DC, PSI, PSDI, PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	PCI, MSI, PR, PLI, PdUP
History
Legislature term	VIII Legislature (1979–1983)
Predecessor	Cossiga II Cabinet
Successor	Spadolini I Cabinet

The government was composed of DC, PSI, PSDI and PRI, with the abstention of the PLI. Since in the Italian Senate the abstention is valid as a contrary vote, the two senators of the PLI did not take part in the vote of confidence to the government.

He fell as a result of the P2 lodge scandal. Forlani resigned on 26 May 1981.

Party breakdown

Christian Democracy	14
Italian Socialist Party	7
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	3
Italian Republican Party	3

Ministers and other members

• Christian Democracy (DC): Prime minister, 13 ministers and 28 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 7 ministers and 17 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers and 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 3 ministers and 4 undersecretaries

The Forlani Cabinet at the Quirinal Palace for the official portrait.

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Arnaldo Forlani	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Luciano Radi (DC) Piergiorgio Bressani (DC) Luigi Giglia (DC) Francesco Mazzola (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emilio Colombo	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Costantino Belluscio (PSDI) Libero Della Briotta (PSI) Aristide Gunnella (PRI) Edoardo Speranza (DC)
	Minister of the Interior	Virginio Rognoni	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Marino Corder (DC) Angelo Maria Sanza (DC) Giuseppe Di Vagno (PSI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Adolfo Sarti	18 October 1980 – 23 May 1981		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Gargani (DC) Domenico Raffaello Lombardi (DC) Francesco Spinelli (PSI)
		Clelio Darida	23 May 1981 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Giorgio La Malfa	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Republican Party	Lucio Gustavo Abis (DC)
	Minister of Finance	Franco Reviglio	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Giuseppe Amadei (PSDI) Francesco Colucci (PSI) Mario Gargano (DC)
	Minister of Treasury	Beniamino Andreatta	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) Angelo Tiraboschi (PSI) Claudio Venanzetti (PRI)
	Minister of Defence	Lelio Lagorio	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Pasquale Bandiera (PRI) Amerigo Petrucci (DC) Martino Scovacricchi (PSDI)
	Minister of Public Education	Guido Bodrato	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Antonino Drago (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Claudio Lenoci (PSI) Giacomo Samuele Mazzoli (DC)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Foschi	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Francesco Fossa (PSI) Giorgio Santuz (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giuseppe Bartolomei	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Mario Campagnoli (DC) Fabio Fabbri (PSI) Anselmo Martoni (PSDI)
	Minister of Transport	Rino Formica	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Antonio Caldoro (PSI) Giosi Roccamonte (PSDI) Elio Tiriolo (DC)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Michele Di Giesi	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Pino Leccisi (DC) Gaspare Saladino (PSI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Antonio Bisaglia	18 October 1980 – 20 December 1980		Christian Democracy	Bruno Corti (PSI) Maria Magnani Noya (PSI) Francesco Rebecchini (DC)
		Filippo Maria Pandolfi	20 December 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Health	Aldo Aniasi	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Bruno Orsini (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Enrico Manca	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Baldassare Armato (DC) Roberto Palleschi (PSI)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Francesco Compagna	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Republican Party	Giuseppe Caroli (DC) Giovanni Nonne (PSI)
	Minister of State Holdings	Gianni De Michelis	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party	Giuseppe Antonio Dal Maso (DC) Giuseppe Tocco (PSI)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Franco Foschi	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Angelo Castelli (DC) Giuseppe Miroglio (DC) Sisinio Zito (PSI)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Oddo Biasini	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Republican Party	Rolando Picchioni (DC)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Nicola Signorello	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Enrico Quaranta (PSI)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Antonio Gava	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Clelio Darida	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy	Francesco Quattrone (DC)
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Roberto Mazzotta	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Nicola Capria	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Vincenzo Scotti	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research (without portfolio)	Pier Luigi Romita	18 October 1980 – 28 June 1981		Italian Socialist Party