Letta Cabinet

Letta cabinet
62nd cabinet of Italy
Date formed	28 April 2013
Date dissolved	22 February 2014
People and organisations
Head of government	Enrico Letta
Head of state	Giorgio Napolitano
Total number of ministers	22
Member party	Democratic Party (10) New Centre-Right (5) Civic Choice (1) Union of the Centre (1) Italian Radicals (1) Populars for Italy (1) Independents (3)
History
Election(s)	2013
Predecessor	Monti Cabinet
Successor	Renzi Cabinet

The Letta cabinet was the sixty-second cabinet of the government of Italy announced on 27 April 2013.^[1] The cabinet was composed of members of the Democratic Party (PD), The People of Freedom (PdL), Civic Choice (SC), the Union of the Centre (UdC), one member of the Italian Radicals (Rad) and three non-party Independents. The cabinet was the youngest government of Italy until the forming of the Renzi Cabinet, with a median age of 53.^[2] The cabinet was sworn in on 28 April and won the confidence vote in both the Chamber of Deputies on 29 April ^[3] and the Senate on 30 April.^[4][5] On 28 September Silvio Berlusconi announced that he was asking to the PdL's five ministers (Angelino Alfano, Maurizio Lupi, Gaetano Quagliariello, Beatrice Lorenzin and Nunzia De Girolamo) to resign from the government over a tax hike.^[6] On 15 November 2013, the PdL split.^[7] While Berlusconi re-founded the Forza Italia party, all five PdL ministers, led by Alfano, joined the New Centre-Right party.^[8] In the same week, another coalition partner, Civic Choice, suffered a split, with minister of defense Mario Mauro leaving the party and founding the new Populars for Italy. Nevertheless, he kept his ministry.^[9]

Formation and end

Letta's government during the oath.

On 22 April 2013, the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, after his re-election, immediately started consultations with the chairmen of the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and political forces, after the failure of the previous attempt with Pier Luigi Bersani after the elections, and the establishment of a panel of experts by the President himself (dubbed as wise men by the press), in order to outline priorities and formulate an agenda to deal with the persistent economic hardship and growing unemployment.

On 24 April, Giorgio Napolitano gave to the vice-secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, the task of forming a government, having determined that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the winning coalition Italy Common Good, could not form a government because it did not have a majority in the Senate. Enrico Letta is the successor of Mario Monti, who resigned on 21 December 2012 but whose government remained in charge for the ordinary administration until 28 April 2013, the day the new government was sworn in.

Letta's cabinet lasted until 22 February 2014 (for a total of 300 days), as the government fell apart after the Democratic Party retired its support of Letta in favour of Matteo Renzi, the 39-year-old mayor of Florence and nicknamed "Il Rottamatore" (the scrapper), who succeeded Letta as Prime Minister.

Composition

Prime Minister

	Office	Name	Term	Party
	Prime Minister	Enrico Letta	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party

Ministers

	Office	Name	Term	Party
	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of the Interior	Angelino Alfano	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emma Bonino	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Italian Radicals
	Minister of Economy and Finances	Fabrizio Saccomanni	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent
	Minister of Defense	Mario Mauro	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Populars for Italy before 23 Nov 2013: Civic Choice
	Minister of Justice	Anna Maria Cancellieri	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent
	Minister of Economic Development	Flavio Zanonato	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Labour and Social Policies	Enrico Giovannini	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent
	Minister of Infrastructures and Transports	Maurizio Lupi	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies	Nunzia De Girolamo	28 April 2013 – 27 January 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Minister of Education, University and Research	Maria Chiara Carrozza	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Health	Beatrice Lorenzin	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Minister of the Environment	Andrea Orlando	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Cultural Heritage	Massimo Bray	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of European Affairs	Enzo Moavero Milanesi	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Civic Choice
	Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies	Graziano Delrio	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Territorial Cohesion	Carlo Trigilia	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Relations with Parliament and Coordination of Governamental Activity	Dario Franceschini	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Constitutional Reforms	Gaetano Quagliariello	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Minister of Integration	Cécile Kyenge	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Minister of Equal Opportunities, Sport and Youth Policies	Josefa Idem	28 April 2013 – 24 June 2013	Democratic Party
	Minister of Public Administration and Simplification	Giampiero D'Alia	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Union of the Centre

Deputy Ministers

	Office	Name	Term	Party
	Deputy Minister of the Interior	Filippo Bubbico	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lapo Pistelli	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Bruno Archi	2 May 2013 – 6 December 2013	Forza Italia before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Marta Dassù	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent
	Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance	Stefano Fassina	2 May 2013 – 10 January 2014	Democratic Party
	Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance	Luigi Casero	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	New Centre-Right before 15 Nov 2013: The People of Freedom
	Deputy Minister of Economic Development	Carlo Calenda	28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014	Civic Choice
	Deputy Minister of Economic Development	Antonio Catricalà	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent
	Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policies	Maria Cecilia Guerra	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party
	Deputy Minister of Infrastructures and Transports	Vincenzo De Luca	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Democratic Party

Secretary of the Council

	Office	Name	Term	Party
	Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Filippo Patroni Griffi	2 May 2013 – 22 February 2014	Independent

References

1. "Italy PM-designate Enrico Letta agrees new government". BBC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. Dionisi, Brenda (9 May 2013). "It's a governissimo!". The Florentine (183). Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. "Premier Enrico Letta wins confidence vote in House". ANSA. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. "Letta wins Senate confidence too". ANSA. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
5. "Factbox: Key ministers in Enrico Letta's new Italian government". Reuters. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
6. Berlusconi fa dimettere i ministri Letta: gesto folle per motivi personali Corriere della Sera
7. "Silvio Berlusconi's heir Angelino Alfano forms new party in Italy", The Independent, 15 November 2013
8. "Alfano lancia il Nuovo centrodestra: "No a Fi per me scelta dolorosa. No a decadenza Berlusconi"", Il Messaggero, 16 November 2013
9. "Mauro presenta i Popolari per l'Italia: "Elettori in comune con Ncd, ma idee diverse"", Corriere della Sera, 23 November 2013