D'Alema I Cabinet

First D'Alema cabinet
54th cabinet of Italy
Date formed	21 October 1998
Date dissolved	22 December 1999 (427 days)
People and organisations
Head of government	Massimo D'Alema
Head of state	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Total number of ministers	25
Member party	Democrats of the Left (DS) Italian People's Party (PPI) Greens Democratic Union (UD) Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)
History
Election(s)	1996 election
Outgoing election	2001 election
Legislature term(s)	9 May 1996 - 30 May 2001 (XIII)
Incoming formation	D'Alema I Cabinet formation, 1998
Outgoing formation	D'Alema II Cabinet formation, 1999
Predecessor	Prodi I Cabinet
Successor	D'Alema II Cabinet

The D'Alema I Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 21 October 1998 to 22 December 1999.

Prodi I Cabinet fell in 1998 when the Communist Refoundation Party withdrew its support to Prodi. This led to the formation of a new government led by Massimo D'Alema as Prime Minister. There are those who claim that D'Alema deliberately engineered the collapse of the Prodi government to become Prime Minister himself. As the result of a vote of no confidence in Prodi's government, D'Alema's nomination was passed by a single vote. This was the first and so far, the only occasion in the history of the Italian republic on which a vote of no confidence had ever been called; the Republic's many previous governments had been brought down by a majority "no" vote on some crucially important piece of legislation (such as the budget).

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		Massimo D'Alema	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Finance		Vincenzo Visco	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Industry and Commerce		Pier Luigi Bersani	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Education		Luigi Berlinguer	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Labour and Social Security		Antonio Bassolino	21 October 1998	21 June 1999	Democrats of the Left
		Cesare Salvi	21 June 1999	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Cultural Heritage		Giovanna Melandri	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of International Trade		Piero Fassino	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Lamberto Dini	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	RI
Minister of Transports		Tiziano Treu	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	RI
Minister of the Interior		Rosa Russo Iervolino	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	PPI
Minister for Health		Rosy Bindi	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	PPI
Minister of Public Works		Enrico Micheli	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	PPI
Minister of University and Research		Ortensio Zecchino	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	PPI
Minister of Treasury and Budget		Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	21 October 1998	13 May 1999	Independent
		Giuliano Amato	13 May 1999	22 December 1999	Independent
Minister of Agriculture		Paolo De Castro	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Independent
Minister of Defense		Carlo Scognamiglio	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	UD
Minister of Communications		Salvatore Cardinale	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	UD
Minister of Justice		Oliviero Diliberto	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Communist (PdCI)
Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea		Edo Ronchi	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Greens

Ministers without portfolio

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Minister for Regional Affairs		Katia Bellillo	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Communist (PdCI)
Minister of Equal Opportunities		Laura Balbo	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Greens
Minister of Social Solidarity		Livia Turco	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	Democrats of the Left
Minister of Parliament		Gian Guido Folloni	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	UD
Minister of Communitary Policies		Enrico Letta	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	PPI