Renzi government

Renzi government

63rd Cabinet of Italy
Date formed22 February 2014 (2014-02-22)
Date dissolved12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) (1,025 days)
People and organisations
Head of stateGiorgio Napolitano
Sergio Mattarella
Head of governmentMatteo Renzi
No. of ministers17 (incl. Prime Minister)
Ministers removed4 resigned
Total no. of members21 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member partiesPD, NCD, UdC, SC
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
Chamber of Deputies:
388 / 630 (62%)
Senate:
173 / 320 (54%)
Opposition partiesM5S, FI, LN, SEL, FdI
History
Legislature termXVII Legislature (2013–2018)
PredecessorLetta government
SuccessorGentiloni government
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The Renzi government was the 63rd government of the Italian Republic, in office from February 2014 to December 2016. It was led by Matteo Renzi, secretary and leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).[1]

The government was composed of members of the PD together with the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Union of the Centre (UdC), Civic Choice (SC), the Populars for Italy (PpI, until June 2015), Solidary Democracy (DemoS since July 2014), the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Democratic Centre (CD, since October 2015) and non-party independents.[2] At its formation, the Renzi government was the youngest government of Italy to date, with an average age of forty-seven,[3] and the youngest-ever prime minister.[4] It was also the first Italian government in which the number of female ministers was equal to the number of male ministers, not including the prime minister;[5][6] that later changed, as eventually three female ministers resigned, each replaced by a male minister.

On 19 April 2016, the Senate rejected two motions of no confidence against the government following the "Tempa Rossa scandal"; the first one (entered by the Five Star Movement) was defeated with a 96–183 votes, while the second one (entered by Forza Italia, Northern League and Conservative and Reformists) was defeated with a 93–180 vote.[7]

  1. ^ Vagnoni, Giselda (22 February 2014). "Italy's Renzi sworn in as prime minister". Reuters. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Backgrounder: Italy's new cabinet lineup". Xinhua News Agency. 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Renzi: con 47, 8 anni di media, è il governo più giovane di sempre". Corriere Della Sera. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Italy swears in its youngest-ever prime minister, Matteo Renzi | DW | 22.02.2014". Deutsche Welle. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference tgcom24.mediaset.it was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Matteo Renzi unveils a new Italian government with familiar problems". Guardian. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Senato. Renzi passa la prova della sfiducia" (in Italian). 19 April 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.