De Gasperi VIII Cabinet

The De Gasperi VIII Cabinet held office from 16 July to 17 August 1953, a total of just 32 days. It was the first government of the Republic to fall at its inaugural Parliamentary vote of confidence, having been submitted to Parliament by President Luigi Einaudi.

• Party in government:
  • Christian Democracy

President of the Council of Ministers

Alcide De Gasperi

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers

Attilio Piccioni

Secretary to the President of the Council of Ministers

Giulio Andreotti, Giorgio Tupini, Roberto Lucifredi

Ministers without portfolio

Presidente del comitato dei ministri della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno e per l'esecuzione di opere straordinarie di pubblico interesse nell'Italia settentrionale e centrale

Pietro Campilli

Ministers

Affari esteri

Minister	Alcide De Gasperi, ad interim
Undersecretary	Francesco Maria Dominedò, Ludovico Benvenuti

Interno

Minister	Amintore Fanfani
Undersecretary	Guido Bisori

Grazia e Giustizia

Minister	Guido Gonella
Undersecretary	Fernando Tambroni

Tesoro

Minister	Giuseppe Pella (ad interim)
Sottosegretari	Ennio Avanzini, Rodolfo Vicentini, Mario Zotta, Gennaro Cassiani

Bilancio

Minister	Giuseppe Pella
Undersecretary	Mario Ferrari Aggradi

Finanze

Minister	Ezio Vanoni
Undersecretary	Edgardo Castelli, Angelo Motta

Difesa

Minister	Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli
Undersecretary	Edoardo Angelo Martino, Giacinto Bosco, Gaetano Vigo

Pubblica Istruzione

Minister	Giuseppe Bettiol
Undersecretary	Raffaele Resta, Angelo Di Rocco

Lavori Pubblici

Minister	Giuseppe Spataro
Undersecretary	Emilio Colombo

Agricoltura e Foreste

Minister	Rocco Salomone
Undersecretary	Luigi Gui, Mariano Rumor

Trasporti

Minister	Giuseppe Togni
Undersecretary	Giovanni Bovetti

Poste e Telecomunicazioni

Minister	Umberto Merlin
Undersecretary	Enrico Carboni

Industria e Commercio

Ministro	Silvio Gava
Undersecretary	Emilio Battista, Gioacchino Quarello

Commercio con l'Estero

Minister	Paolo Emilio Taviani
Undersecretary	Mario Martinelli

Marina Mercantile

Minister	Bernardo Mattarella
Undersecretary	Basilio Focaccia

Lavoro e Previdenza Sociale

Minister	Leopoldo Rubinacci
Undersecretary	Rinaldo Del Bo, Umberto Delle Fave