Cabinet De Gasperi V

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The De Gasperi V cabinet ruled Italy from May 23, 1948 to January 26, 1950. Before that, the De Gasperi IV cabinet , then the De Gasperi VI cabinet . The government of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi was supported by the following parties in Parliament:

On January 1, 1948, the new constitution of the Republic of Italy, which had been drawn up by the Constituent Assembly, entered into force. On the basis of the new constitution, the first regular parliamentary elections of the republic could take place on April 18, 1948 , which the Christian Democrats De Gasperis won with 48.5% of the vote and an absolute majority in both chambers of parliament. The newly constituted parliament elected Luigi Einaudi as the first Italian president on May 12th . Because of the new, normalized political situation, De Gasperi resigned with his fourth cabinet.

Despite the absolute majority of his DC, he continued the coalition with the three smaller parties and his new fifth cabinet showed hardly any changes compared to the fourth. The coalition, supported by the South Tyrolean People's Party , had a majority of 369 of the 574 seats in the House of Representatives and 156 of the 237 in the Senate. On June 28, 1948, the government signed an agreement on economic cooperation with the United States ( Marshall Plan ). In order to cope with the widespread housing shortage, the government decided in June / July 1948 on the proposal of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Amintore Fanfani, the Piano Casa (“house plan”) for the construction of 300,000 social housing (case popolari) . On its basis z. B. from 1950 the settlement of Tuscolano II in Rome. Italy joined NATO as a founding member on April 4, 1949 . In November 1949, the PSLI ministers resigned due to internal party conflicts and were replaced by DC members.

At the beginning of 1950 the government fell into a crisis: on January 9, 1950, six striking workers in Modena were shot dead by the police. The left opposition responded with mass protests. At the same time, the left wing of the DC put pressure on the prime minister to change economic policy. On January 12, 1950, De Gasperi announced the resignation of the government. The old cabinet remained in office until the next government ( De Gasperi VI ) took office on January 27, 1950.

minister

Alcide De Gasperi
Ministries Surname Political party
Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi DC
Deputy Prime Minister Attilio Piccioni
Giovanni Porzio
Giuseppe Saragat (until November 7, 1949) 		DC
PLI
PSLI
Exterior Carlo Sforza PRI
Interior Mario Scelba DC
Judiciary Giuseppe Grassi PLI
defense Randolfo Pacciardi PRI
Finances Ezio Vanoni DC
treasure Giuseppe Pella DC
household Giuseppe Pella DC
Agriculture Antonio Segni DC
Public Works Umberto Tupini DC
traffic Guido Corbellini DC
Industry Ivan Matteo Lombardo (until November 7, 1949)
Giovanni Battista Bertone (from November 7, 1949) 		PSLI
DC
Foreign trade Cesare Merzagora (until April 1, 1949)
Giovanni Battista Bertone (from April 1, 1949) 		independent
DC
post Office Angelo Raffaele Jervolino DC
Work and social Amintore Fanfani DC
education Guido Gonella DC
Merchant marine Giuseppe Saragat (until November 7, 1949)
Guido Corbellini (from November 7, 1949) 		PSLI
DC
Italian Africa Alcide De Gasperi DC
Without business area Roberto Tremelloni (until November 7, 1949) PSLI
Without business area Alberto Giovannini PLI

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Governi I Legislatura: V Governo De Gasperi. In: dellaRepubblica - per la storia dell'Italia repubblicana .