This list of prime ministers of Italy lists each

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...

in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Of the 60 prime ministers, 2 have served for more than 10 years (

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...

and

Giovanni Giolitti Giovanni Giolitti (; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. After Benito Mussolini, he is the second-longest serving Prime Minister in Italian history. A p ...

), 6 have served between 5 and 10 years, 34 have served between 1 and 5 years while 18 have served less than a year in office.

is the longest serving

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, serving for over 20 years. The longest serving Prime Minister of a democratic Italy is

who served over 10 years in office, while the longest serving Prime Minister of

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Italy is

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...

who served over 9 years. On the other hand, the shortest serving Prime Minister of Italy is Tommaso Tittoni who served 16 days as an interim leader, while

Fernando Tambroni Fernando Tambroni Armaroli (25 November 1901 – 18 February 1963) was an Italian politician, member of the Christian Democracy, who served as 36th Prime Minister of Italy from March to July 1960. He also served as Minister of the Interior from J ...

serving around four months is the shortest serving Prime Minister of post-war Italy.

Complete list (1861–present)

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

Italian Republic (1946–present)

References

* List of prime ministers of Italy *

List of presidents of Italy by time in office This list of presidents of Italy lists each president in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Of the 12 presidents, only two, Giorgio Nap ...

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