Government Silvio Berlusconi III

The government of Silvio Berlusconi III was proposed by the President of the Council of Ministers charged to form it, the April 23rd 2005 with the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. It was the 59e government of the Italian République (since 1946). As Silvio Berlusconi even followed one another him (Berlusconi II, resigner the April 20th 2005), it was called Berlusconi (a) . But as it was also the 3rd government under its direction, the press sometimes describes it as Berlusconi for the third time .

The government lent oath the April 23rd to the Quirinal and obtained the April 27th and April 28th 2005, the confidence of the two rooms of the Parliament, the Camera dei deputati (by 334 for and 240 against, 2 abstentions) and the second day that of the Senato della Repubblica (170 for, 117 against).

It is characterized by the departure of Marco Follini (UDC) as a vice-president of the Council replaced by Giulio Tremonti - but also by the departure of four ministers, Urbani, Marzano, Sirchia (the technician, most popular of the ministers according to the surveys) and especially of Gasparri (this last, after a strong contrast within the various currents of National alliance which seem to have preferred Landolfi to him). In make from now on left Malfa (the son of Ugo Malfa), Landolfi and Storace (which has just lost on April 3rd the regional elections of the Latium of which it was until there president). Claudio Scajola of minister without portfolio becomes minister with whole share, just as Rocco Buttiglione which becomes Minister for the Culture. Two Secretaries of State are promoted, Miccichè which will obtain the new ministry (without wallet) of the Development and territorial Cohesion while Caldoro (Nuovo PSI) leaves a Secretary of State at the minister of education to take that of the Implementation of the governmental program.

As well the National alliance as the Union of the Christian democrats seemed contrary with the return to the government of Giulio Tremonti and it is undoubtedly in compensation of this arrival that these two parties obtained a ministry, qualified the Mezzogiorno (South), allotted to Miccichè, a Sicilian, in spite of the opposition of the Ligue of North (from where official name enough biscornue of the ministry lately created).

By the voice of Bruno Tabacci, appointed, the UDC already stated that it was proud departure of Marco Follini. And Lorenzo Cesa, European Député UDC, vice-president of the European Popular party prevents that the “ confrontation will be held in the hemicycle: it will not relate on the composition of the government but on the innovations in its program, the rigor of public finances, the produttive suppression of Irap regional sulle attività '', a regional tax on the companies and the craftsmen, declared contrary with the Community provisions, over the South, the families”.

This government includes/understands 26 members on the whole (by taking account of the president and the vice-presidents), one moreover than the precedent (it is the Minister known as of the the Mezzogiorno ). The parties present within the government are six and it is Forza Italia which is best represented (8 ministers of which the president), followed by the National alliance (6), the UDC (3) and the Ligue of North (3) while the PRI and the NPSI lay out each one of a minister without portfolio. Four ministers are known as technicians ( tecnici ) and do not belong to a party.

Berlusconi for the third time also beat the record of the shortest governmental crisis (of April 20th, 2005, 17:00 from April 30th to 23rd 2005, 12:50, for a 67 hours total), just after Berlusconi II is the longest Italian government (1 413 days).

Changes compared to Government Silvio Berlusconi II are relatively minors (four new ministers, Scajola, Storace and Landolfi, a minister without portfolio which becomes minister, Buttiglione, and two new ministers without portfolio), with the only exception of the vice-presidency symbolically granted to Giulio Tremonti, former minister for the Economy until July 2004, elected official of Forza Italia but near of the Ligue to North. This last becomes, following the surprised resignation of Siniscalco, a technician, Minister for the Economy in September 2005.

Composition

26 ministers (+ 1);
9 deputy secretaries (3 FI, 3 YEAR, 1 UDC, 1 PRI, 1 NPSI) (=);
63 Secretaries of State (32 FI in addition to Gianni Letta, Secretary of State to the Presidency, including two technicians , 13 YEAR, 8 LN, 8 UDC, 1 NPSI) (+4).

For a total of 99 members of the government (a record in Italy).

The government Berlusconi III includes/understands 26 Ministers (out the deputy secretaries) for the following parties:

Forza Italia (1 president of the Council, 1 vice-president, 3 ministers and 3 ministers without portfolio);
National alliance (Alleanza nazionale, Year) (1 vice-president and minister, 4 ministers and 1 minister without portfolio);
Union of the Christian democrats (Udc) (more vice-presidency, 1 minister and 2 ministers without portfolio);
League of North (2 ministers and 1 minister without portfolio, but Tremonti, vice-president is regarded as very near to this party);
New Italian Socialist party (1 minister without portfolio)
Italian Republican party (1 minister without portfolio)
of the technicians, officially without party, (3 ministers and 1 minister without portfolio).

Presidency of the Council

President of the Council (President del Consiglio): Silvio Berlusconi

Vice-presidents of the Council (Vicepresidenti del Consiglio): Gianfranco Fini E Giulio Tremonti (new as a vice-president, but previously a Minister for the Economy of Berlusconi II, until its resignation on July 3rd, 2004).

Ministers without portfolio

( the ministers without portfolio are placed under the supervision of the Presidency of the Council, this is why their list precedes that by truths ministers)

regional Businesses (Affari regionali): Enrico the Loggia (Forza Italia), confirmed.

Implemented of the program of the government (Attuazione programmed di governo): Stefano Caldoro (Nuovo Psi), new minister (but previously Secretary of State).

Public office (Funzione pubblica): Mario Baccini (Udc), confirmed.

Innovation and Technologies (Innovazione E tecnology): Lucio Stanca (technician), confirmed.

Italian in the world (Italiani nel mondo): Mirko Tremaglia (Alleanza nazionale), confirmed.

Equal opportunity (Bet opportunità): Stefania Prestigiacomo (Forza Italia), confirmed.

European Businesses (Political Community) (Politiche comunitarie): Giorgio Malfa (Pri), new.

Reforms of the institutions and Devolution (Riforme istituzionali E devoluzione): Roberto Calderoli (Northern Lega), confirmed, outgoing in February 2006 following the business of the Tee-shirt with the caricatures of Mahomet.

Relationship with the Parliament (Rapporti idiot it parlamento): Carlo Amedeo Giovanardi (Udc), confirmed.

- ministry lately created (known as of the the Mezzogiorno ):

Development and territorial Cohésion (Sviluppo E coesione territorial): Gianfranco Miccichè (Forza Italia), new minister (but previously Secretary of State of the preceding government).

Ministers

Foreign affairs (Affari esteri): Gianfranco Fini (Alleanza nazionale), confirmed.
Interior (Interno): Giuseppe Pisanu (Forza Italia), confirmed.
Justice (Giustizia): Roberto Castelli (Northern Lega), confirmed.
Economy and Finances (Economia E finanze): Domenico Siniscalco (technician), confirmed, replaced the September 22nd 2005 by Giulio Tremonti.
Industries (Attività produttive): Claudio Scajola (Forza Italia), new.
Education, University and Research (Istruzione, università E ricerca): Letizia Moratti (technician), confirmed.
Work and Industrial relations policies (Lavoro E politiche sociali, known as Welfare ): Roberto Maroni (Northern Lega), confirmed.
Defense (Difesa): Antonio Martino (Forza Italia), confirmed.
Agriculture and Forêts (Politiche agricultural E forestali): Giovanni Alemanno (Alleanza nazionale), confirmed.
Environment and Protection of the territory (Ambiente E tutela LED territorio): Altero Matteoli (Alleanza nazionale), confirmed.
Infrastructures and Transports (Infrastrutture E trasporti): Pietro Lunardi (technician), confirmed.
Health (Salute): Francesco Storace (Alleanza nazionale), new.
Culture (Blessed culturali): Rocco Buttiglione (Udc), new at this station (before with the Community Policies).
Communication (Comunicazioni): Mario Landolfi (Alleanza nazionale), new.

Deputy secretaries and Secretaries of State

named the April 26th 2005.

(in Italian, one says viceministro for deputy secretary and sottosegretario , which does not mean under-secretary )

In addition to the two under-secretarys to the Presidency of the Council, named with the other ministers, as of on April 23rd:

Gianni Letta (Fi)
Paolo Bonaiuti (Fi)

The deputy secretaries (or vice-ministers) and the Secretaries of State pass from 64 to 72 (9 deputy secretaries + 63 Secretaries of State), which in fact on the whole the most important Italian government of the history (a total of 99 members).

The deputy secretaries are distributed between: Forza Italia 3; National alliance 3; UDC 1; PRI 1; NPSI 1 (none the League of North).

13 new Secretaries of State from which 6 result from Forza Italia (Fi), 1 of the National alliance (Year), 3 of the UDC, 2 of the Ligue of North (Lega) and 1 of the NPSI - it is about: Nuccio Carrara (Year) (Reforms); Luciano Gasperini (Lega) (regional Businesses); Gianfranco Tells (Fi) (Relationship with Parlament); Giampiero D' Alia (Udc) (Interior); Pasquale Giuliano (Fi) (Justice); Giovan Battista Caligiuri (Fi) (Industry); Francesco Saverio Romano (Udc) ( Welfare ); Rosario Giorgio Costa (Fi) (Defense); Domenico Di Virgilio (Fi) and Domenico Zinzi (Udc) (Health); Federico Bricolo (Lega) and Drunk Mauro LED (Nuovo Psi) (Infrastructures); Paolo Romani (Fi) (Communication);
two promotions compared to Berlusconi II, they relates to two former Secretaries of State, Giuseppe Vegas (Fi), which remains with the Economy, like Giovanni Ricevuto (Nuovo Psi), with Education, (it was before with the Infrastructures);
a record of 9 deputy secretaries and 63 Secretaries of State, Berlusconi III thus exceeds Berlusconi II (initially 6 deputy secretaries and 53 Secretaries of State, gradually last with 61 Secretaries of State and 9 deputy secretaries). Berlusconi II had already beaten the preceding record of the government Andreotti VII (April 20th 1991, 69 Secretaries of State). The creation of the deputy secretaries goes back only to 2001, precisely with Berlusconi II.
but no true surprise, with the application of the text crowned of Anger Republic, the Manual Cencelli (with a balance of the forces representative of each party): Forza Italia obtains half exactly the stations (36, including 3 deputy secretaries); the National alliance 16 (including 3 deputy secretaries), the Union of the Christian democrats 9 (including 1 deputy secretary), the League of North, 8 Secretaries of State; the New PSI, 1 deputy secretary and 1 Secretary of State; the Italian Republican party, 1 deputy secretary.
curiosities: the minister best provided is that of the Infrastructures, with 2 deputy secretaries and 6 Secretaries of State. The only one not to be confirmed is Rocco Salini (Fi) who had just been just named with Health, on March 11th, 2005 (whereas Giancarlo Innocenzi and Gianluigi Magri had just resigned after being named with the High ranking authority of Telecommunications on March 16th). Are not any more deputy secretaries, of course, Gianfranco Miccichè (Fi) (become minister without portfolio) and Stefano Caldoro (NPSI) ( idem ).

See too

Internal bond

Government Silvio Berlusconi I
Government Silvio Berlusconi II

External bond

Official site of the Italian Government
Ministers for the government

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