The fifth De Gasperi government held office in the

Italian Republic Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

from 23 May 1948 until 27 January 1950, a total of 614 days, or 1 year, 8 months and 5 days.Governo De Gasperi V
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Party breakdown

Beginning of term

Christian Democracy Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...

(DC): Prime minister, 1 deputy prime minister, 9 ministers, 16 undersecretaries * Socialist Party of Italian Workers (PSLI): 3 ministers (inc. 1 deputy prime minister), 3 undersecretaries *

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party (, PLI) was a liberal political party in Italy. The PLI, which was heir to the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor party after World War II, but also a frequent junio ...

(PLI): 1 deputy prime minister, 2 ministers, 3 undersecretaries *

Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party (, PRI) is a political party in Italy established in 1895, which makes it the oldest political party still active in the country. The PRI identifies with 19th-century classical radicalism, as well as Mazzinianism, a ...

(PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries * Independents: 2 ministers

End of term

(DC): Prime minister, 1 deputy prime minister, 10 ministers, 16 undersecretaries *

(PLI): 1 deputy prime minister, 2 ministers, 3 undersecretaries *

(PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries * Independents: 1 minister

Composition

References

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