| Dates | Prime minister
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| March 23 - June 12, 1861 | Camillo Benso conte di Cavour
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| June 12, 1861 - March 3, 1862 | Bettino Ricasoli
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| March 3 - December 8, 1862 | Urbano Rattazzi
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| December 8, 1862 - March 24, 1863 | Luigi Carlo Farini
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| March 24, 1863 - September 28, 1864 | Marco Minghetti
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| September 28, 1864 - June 20, 1866 | Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora
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| June 20, 1866 - April 10, 1867 | Bettino Ricasoli (2nd time)
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| April 10, 1867 - October 27, 1867 | Urbano Rattazzi (2nd time)
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| October 27, 1867 - December 14, 1869 | Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea
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| December 14, 1869 - July 10, 1873 | Giovanni Lanza
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| July 10, 1873 - March 25, 1876 | Marco Minghetti (2nd time)
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| March 25, 1876 - March 24, 1878 | Agostino Depretis
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| March 24 - December 19, 1878 | Benedetto Cairoli
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| December 19, 1878 - July 14, 1879 | Agostino Depretis (2nd time)
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| July 14, 1879 - May 29, 1881 | Benedetto Cairoli (2nd time)
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| May 29, 1881 - July 29, 1887 | Agostino Depretis (3rd time)
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| July 29 1887 - February 6, 1891 | Francesco Crispi
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| February 6, 1891 - May 15, 1892 | Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
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| May 15, 1892 - December 15, 1893 | Giovanni Giolitti
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| December 15, 1893 - March 10, 1896 | Francesco Crispi (2nd time)
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| March 10, 1896 - June 29, 1898 | Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (2nd time)
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| June 29, 1898 - June 24, 1900 | Luigi Pelloux
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| June 24, 1900 - February 15, 1901 | Giuseppe Saracco
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| February 15, 1901 - November 3, 1903 | Giuseppe Zanardelli
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| November 3, 1903 - March 12, 1905 | Giovanni Giolitti (2nd time)
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| March 12 - March 28, 1905 | Tommaso Tittoni
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| March 28, 1905 - February 8, 1906 | Alessandro Fortis
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| February 8 - May 29, 1906 | Sidney Sonnino
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| May 29, 1906 - December 11, 1909 | Giovanni Giolitti (3rd time)
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| December 11, 1909 - March 31, 1910 | Sidney Sonnino (2nd time)
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| March 31, 1910 - March 30, 1911 | Luigi Luzzatti
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| March 30, 1911 - March 21, 1914 | Giovanni Giolitti (4th time)
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| March 21, 1914 - June 18, 1916 | Antonio Salandra
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| June 18, 1916 - October 29, 1917 | Paolo Boselli
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| October 29, 1917 - June 23, 1919 | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
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| June 23, 1919 - June 15, 1920 | Francesco Saverio Nitti
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| June 15, 1920 - July 4, 1921 | Giovanni Giolitti (5th time)
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| July 4, 1921 - February 26, 1922 | Ivanoe Bonomi
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| February 26, 1922 - October 31, 1922 | Luigi Facta
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| October 31, 1922 - July 25, 1943 | Benito Mussolini (il Duce)
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| July 25, 1943- April 17, 1944 | General Pietro Badoglio (Provisional Military Government)
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| April 22, 1944 - June 18, 1944 | General Pietro Badoglio (Provisional Military Government) (2nd time)
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| June 18, 1944 - December 10, 1944 | Ivanoe Bonomi (2nd time)
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| December 12, 1944 - June 19, 1945 | Ivanoe Bonomi (3rd time)
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| June 21, 1945 - December 8, 1945 | Ferruccio Parri
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| December 10, 1945 - July 1, 1946 | Alcide De Gasperi
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| July 13, 1946 - January 28, 1947 | Alcide De Gasperi (2nd time)
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| February 2, 1947 - May 31, 1947 | Alcide De Gasperi (3rd time)
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| May 31, 1947 - May 23, 1948 | Alcide De Gasperi (4th time)
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| May 23, 1948 - January 12, 1950 | Alcide De Gasperi (5th time) (First government with a parliament democratically elected by universal suffrage)
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| January 27, 1950 - July 16, 1951 | Alcide De Gasperi (6th time)
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| July 26, 1951 - June 29, 1953 | Alcide De Gasperi (7th time)
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| July 16, 1953 - July 28, 1953 | Alcide De Gasperi (8th time)
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| August 17, 1953 - January 5, 1954 | Giuseppe Pella
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| January 18, 1954 - January 30, 1954 | Amintore Fanfani
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| February 10, 1954 - June 22, 1955 | Mario Scelba
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| July 6, 1955 - May 6, 1957 | Antonio Segni
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| May 19, 1957 - June 19, 1958 | Adone Zoli
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| July 1, 1958 - January 26, 1959 | Amintore Fanfani (2nd time)
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| February 15, 1959 - February 24, 1960 | Antonio Segni (2nd time)
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| March 25, 1960 - July 19, 1960 | Fernando Tambroni
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| July 26, 1960 - February 2, 1962 | Amintore Fanfani (3rd time)
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| February 21, 1962 - May 16, 1963 | Amintore Fanfani (4th time)
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| June 21, 1963 - November 5, 1963 | Giovanni Leone
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| December 4, 1963 - June 26, 1964 | Aldo Moro
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| July 22, 1964 - January 21, 1966 | Aldo Moro (2nd time)
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| February 23, 1966 - June 5, 1968 | Aldo Moro (3rd time)
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| June 24, 1968 - November 19, 1968 | Giovanni Leone (2nd time)
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| December 12, 1968 - July 5, 1969 | Mariano Rumor
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| August 5, 1969 - February 7, 1970 | Mariano Rumor (2nd time)
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| March 27, 1970 - July 6, 1970 | Mariano Rumor (3rd time)
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| August 6, 1970 - January 15, 1972 | Emilio Colombo
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| February 17, 1972 - February 26, 1972 | Giulio Andreotti
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| June 26, 1972 - June 12, 1973 | Giulio Andreotti (2nd time)
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| July 7, 1973 - March 2, 1974 | Mariano Rumor (4th time)
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| March 14, 1974 - October 3, 1974 | Mariano Rumor (5th time)
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| November 23, 1974 - January 7, 1976 | Aldo Moro (4th time)
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| February 12, 1976 - April 30, 1976 | Aldo Moro (5th time)
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| July 29, 1976 - January 16, 1978 | Giulio Andreotti (3rd time)
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| March 11, 1978 - January 31, 1979 | Giulio Andreotti (4th time)
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| March 20, 1979 - March 31, 1979 | Giulio Andreotti (5th time)
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| August 4, 1979 - March 19, 1980 | Francesco Cossiga
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| April 4, 1980 - September 28, 1980 | Francesco Cossiga (2nd time)
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| October 18, 1980 - May 26, 1981 | Arnaldo Forlani
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| June 28, 1981 - August 7, 1982 | Giovanni Spadolini
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| August 23, 1982 - November 13, 1982 | Giovanni Spadolini (2nd time)
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| December 1, 1982 - May 2, 1983 | Amintore Fanfani (5th time)
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| August 4, 1983 - June 27, 1986 | Bettino Craxi
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| August 1, 1986 - March 3, 1987 | Bettino Craxi (2nd time)
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| April 17, 1987 - April 28, 1987 | Amintore Fanfani (6th time)
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| July 28, 1987 - March 11, 1988 | Giovanni Goria
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| April 13, 1988 - May 19, 1989 | Ciriaco De Mita
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| July 22, 1989 - March 29, 1991 | Giulio Andreotti (6th time)
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| April 14, 1991 - April 24, 1992 | Giulio Andreotti (7th time)
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| June 28, 1992 - April 28, 1993 | Giuliano Amato
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| April 28, 1993 - April 16, 1994 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
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| May 10, 1994 - December 22, 1994 | Silvio Berlusconi
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| January 17, 1995 - January 11, 1996 | Lamberto Dini
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| May 17, 1996 - October 9, 1998 | Romano Prodi
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| October 21, 1998 - December 18, 1999 | Massimo D'Alema
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| December 22, 1999 - April 19, 2000 | Massimo D'Alema (2nd time)
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| April 25, 2000 - May 31, 2001 | Giuliano Amato (2nd time)
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| June 10, 2001 - April 20, 2005 | Silvio Berlusconi (2nd time)
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| April 23, 2005 - today | Silvio Berlusconi (3rd time)
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