Deputy Prime Minister of Italy

The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, officially Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (Italian: Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana), is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet. Moreover, it is often colloquially known as Vicepremier.[1][2] The office of the Deputy Prime Minister is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister, who may appoint to other offices to give seniority to a particular Cabinet minister. The office is currently vacant under Giuseppe Conte's premiership.

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei Ministri della Repubblica Italiana
Incumbent Vacant since 5 September 2019
Council of Ministers
Appointer	President of the Republic
Inaugural holder	Luigi Einaudi, Randolfo Pacciardi, Giuseppe Saragat

Unlike analogous offices in some other nations, such as a vice-presidency, the Italian deputy prime minister possesses no special constitutional powers as such, though they will always have particular responsibilities in government. They do not assume the duties and powers of the Prime Minister in the latter's absence, illness, or death, such as the powers to seek a dissolution of parliament, appoint peers or brief the President of the Republic.

They do not automatically succeed the Prime Minister, should the latter be incapacitated or resign from the leadership of his or her political party. In practice, however, the designation of someone to the role of Deputy Prime Minister may provide additional practical status within cabinet, enabling the exercise of de facto, if not de jure, power.

In a coalition government, as Enrico Letta Grand coalition government between the Democrats and The People of Freedom, the appointment of the secretary of the smaller party (in the 2014 case, Angelino Alfano, secretary of the PdL) as Deputy Prime Minister is done to give that person more authority within the cabinet to enforce the coalition's agreed-upon agenda.[3]

List of Deputy Prime Ministers

Parties

• 1946–1994:

  Liberal Party   Republican Party   Democratic Socialist Party   Christian Democracy   Socialist Party

• Since 1994:

  Lega Nord   National Alliance   Democratic Party of the Left   People's Party   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats   Forza Italia   Democratic Party   New Centre-Right   Five Star Movement

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party	Prime Minister
		Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961)	1 January 1947	24 May 1948	1 year, 144 days	Italian Liberal Party		Alcide De Gasperi
		Randolfo Pacciardi (1899–1991)				Italian Republican Party
		Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988)				Italian Democratic Socialist Party
		Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	24 May 1948	27 January 1950	1 year, 248 days	Christian Democracy
		Giovanni Porzio (1873–1962)				Italian Liberal Party
		Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988)				Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Office not in use			1950–1951
		Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	26 July 1951	17 August 1953	2 years, 6 days	Christian Democracy
Office not in use			1953–1954					Giuseppe Pella
								Amintore Fanfani
		Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988)	10 February 1954	19 May 1957	3 years, 98 days	Italian Democratic Socialist Party		Mario Scelba
								Antonio Segni
		Giuseppe Pella (1902–1981)	19 May 1957	1 July 1958	1 year, 43 days	Christian Democracy		Adone Zoli
		Antonio Segni (1891–1972)	1 July 1958	15 February 1959	229 days	Christian Democracy		Amintore Fanfani
Office not in use			1959–1960					Antonio Segni
		Attilio Piccioni (1892–1976)	26 July 1960	4 December 1963	3 years, 131 days	Christian Democracy		Fernando Tambroni
								Giovanni Leone
		Pietro Nenni (1891–1980)	4 December 1963	24 June 1968	4 years, 203 days	Italian Socialist Party		Aldo Moro
Office not in use			June–December 1968					Giovanni Leone
		Francesco De Martino (1907–2002)	12 December 1968	5 August 1969	236 days	Italian Socialist Party		Mariano Rumor
		Paolo Emilio Taviani (1912–2001)	5 August 1969	27 March 1970	234 days	Christian Democracy
		Francesco De Martino (1907–2002)	27 March 1970	17 February 1972	1 year, 327 days	Italian Socialist Party		Emilio Colombo
Office not in use			February–June 1972					Giulio Andreotti
		Mario Tanassi (1916–2007)	26 June 1972	7 July 1973	1 year, 11 days	Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Office not in use			1973–1974					Mariano Rumor
		Ugo La Malfa (1903–1979)	23 November 1974	12 February 1976	1 year, 81 days	Italian Republican Party		Aldo Moro
Office not in use			1976–1979					Giulio Andreotti
		Ugo La Malfa (1903–1979)	20 March 1979	26 March 1979[4]	6 days	Italian Republican Party
Office not in use			1979–1983					Francesco Cossiga
								Arnaldo Forlani
								Giovanni Spadolini
								Amintore Fanfani
		Arnaldo Forlani (1925–)	4 August 1983	17 April 1987	3 years, 256 days	Christian Democracy		Bettino Craxi
Office not in use			April–July 1987					Amintore Fanfani
		Giuliano Amato (1938–)	28 July 1987	13 April 1988	260 days	Italian Socialist Party		Giovanni Goria
		Gianni De Michelis (1940–2019)	13 April 1988	22 July 1989	1 year, 100 days	Italian Socialist Party		Ciriaco De Mita
		Claudio Martelli (1943–)	22 July 1989	28 June 1992	2 years, 342 days	Italian Socialist Party		Giulio Andreotti
Office not in use			1992–1994					Giuliano Amato
								Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
		Roberto Maroni (1955–)	10 May 1994	17 January 1995	252 days	Lega Nord		Silvio Berlusconi
		Giuseppe Tatarella (1935–1999)				National Alliance
Office not in use			1995–1996					Lamberto Dini
		Walter Veltroni (1955–)	17 May 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 157 days	Democratic Party of the Left		Romano Prodi
		Sergio Mattarella (1941–)	21 October 1998	22 December 1999	1 year, 62 days	Italian People's Party		Massimo D'Alema
Office not in use			1999–2001
								Giuliano Amato
		Gianfranco Fini (1952–)	11 June 2001	23 April 2005	3 years, 316 days	National Alliance		Silvio Berlusconi
		Marco Follini (1954–)				Union of Christians and Centre Democrats
		Gianfranco Fini (1952–)	23 April 2005	17 May 2006	1 year, 24 days	National Alliance
		Giulio Tremonti (1947–)				Forza Italia
		Massimo D'Alema (1949–)	17 May 2006	8 May 2008	1 year, 357 days	Democratic Party		Romano Prodi
		Francesco Rutelli (1954–)				Democratic Party
Office not in use			2008–2013					Silvio Berlusconi
								Mario Monti
		Angelino Alfano (1970–)	28 April 2013	22 February 2014	300 days	New Centre-Right		Enrico Letta
Office not in use			2014–2018					Matteo Renzi
								Paolo Gentiloni
		Matteo Salvini (1973–)	1 June 2018	5 September 2019	1 year, 96 days	Lega Nord		Giuseppe Conte
		Luigi Di Maio (1986–)				Five Star Movement
Office not in use			2019–present

Timeline

Living former Deputy Prime Ministers

There are twelve living former Italian Deputy Prime Ministers:

• Living former Deputy Prime Ministers
• 
  Arnaldo Forlani
  served 1983–1987
• 
  Giuliano Amato
  served 1987–1988
• 
  Claudio Martelli
  served 1989–1992
• 
  Roberto Maroni
  served 1994–1995
• 
  Walter Veltroni
  served 1996–1998
• 
  Sergio Mattarella
  served 1998–1999
• 
  Gianfranco Fini
  served 2001–2006
• 
  Marco Follini
  served 2004–2005
• 
  Giulio Tremonti
  served 2005–2006
• 
  Massimo D'Alema
  served 2006–2008
• 
  Francesco Rutelli
  served 2006–2008
• 
  Angelino Alfano
  served 2013–2014
• 
  Matteo Salvini
  served 2018–2019
• 
  Luigi Di Maio
  served 2018–2019

See also

• Prime Minister of Italy
• List of Prime Ministers of Italy
• Politics of Italy
• Lists of incumbents

References

1. Salvini e Di Maio vicepremier: ecco tutti i nomi del governo
2. Di Maio e Salvini: tutte le liti tra i due vicepremier
3. Vice-Presidente del Consiglio – Angelino Alfano
4. Died in office.