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{{Short description|Head of government of Italy}}
{{For|a list of prime ministers|List of prime ministers of Italy}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic
| native_name = {{lang|it|Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana}}
| insignia = Ovale Presidenza Consiglio.svg
| insigniasize = 110
| flag = Flag of prime minister of Italy.svg
| flagsize = 120
| flagcaption = Flag of the President of the Council of Ministers
| insigniacaption = Seal of the presidency of the Council of Ministers
| image = Giorgia Meloni Official 2024 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 
| incumbent = [[Giorgia Meloni]]
| incumbentsince = 22 October 2022
| department = [[Council_of_Ministers_(Italy)|Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic]]<br>[[Government of Italy]]
| style = [[President (government title)#Titles for non-heads of state|President]] (reference and spoken)<br />[[Premier]] (reference, informal)<br />[[Excellency|Her Excellency]] (diplomatic)
| member_of = [[Council of Ministers (Italy)|Council of Ministers]]<br />[[High Council of Defence (Italy)|High Council of Defence]]<br />[[European Council]]
| residence = [[Chigi Palace]]
| seat = [[Rome]]
| appointer = [[President of Italy|President of the Republic]]
| deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Italy|Deputy Prime Minister]]
| termlength = No fixed term length
| inaugural = [[Alcide De Gasperi]] (republic)<br/>[[Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour|Camillo Benso di Cavour]] (original)
| salary = €{{round|99480|-3}} per annum<ref name="igcompaycheck">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ig.com/uk/forex/research/pay-check|title=IG.com Pay Check|publisher=IG}}</ref>
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1861|3|17}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.governo.it/en/}}
}}
The '''prime minister of Italy''',<!--"prime minister" is uncapitalised here because it is preceded by the modifier "The", as per [[MOS:JOBTITLES]] bullet 3 and table column 2 example 1. Any proposal for modification to the guideline should be posted at its talk page, [[WT:MOSBIO]].-->  officially the '''president of the Council of Ministers''' ({{langx|it|link=no|Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governo.it/en/president|title=The President of the Council of Ministers|website=Governo Italiano – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri|date=28 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>[[Constitution of Italy]]</ref> is the [[head of government]] of the [[Italy|Italian Republic]]. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is established by articles 92&ndash;96 of the [[Constitution of Italy]]; the president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the [[President of Italy|president of the Republic]] and must have the confidence of the [[Italian Parliament|Parliament]] to stay in office.

Prior to the establishment of the Italian Republic, the position was called President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (''Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri del Regno d'Italia''). From 1925 to 1943 during the [[Italian Fascism|Fascist regime]], the position was transformed into the [[Dictatorship|dictatorial]] position of Head of the Government, Prime Minister, Secretary of State<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ospitiweb.indire.it/costituzione/doc_7/l2263_25.htm|title=Attribuzioni e prerogative del capo del governo, primo ministro segretario di Stato (L.24 dicembre 1925, n. 2263 – N. 2531, in Gazz.uff., 29 dicembre, n. 301).|website=ospitiweb.indire.it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615030536/http://ospitiweb.indire.it/costituzione/doc_7/l2263_25.htm|archive-date=15 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> (''Capo del Governo, Primo Ministro, Segretario di Stato'') held by [[Benito Mussolini]], [[Duce]] of Fascism, who officially governed on the behalf of the [[king of Italy]]. King [[Victor Emmanuel III]] removed Mussolini from office in 1943 and the position was restored with [[Marshal of Italy|Marshal]] [[Pietro Badoglio]] becoming prime minister in 1943, although the original denomination of President of the Council was only restored in 1944, when [[Ivanoe Bonomi]] was appointed to the post of prime minister. [[Alcide De Gasperi]] became the first prime minister of the Italian Republic in 1946.

The prime minister is the president of the [[Council of Ministers of Italy|Council of Ministers]] which holds executive power and the position is similar to those in most other [[parliamentary system]]s. The formal [[Italian order of precedence]] lists the office as being, ceremonially, the fourth-highest Italian state office after the president and the presiding officers of the two houses of parliament. In practice, the prime minister is the country's political leader and ''de facto'' chief executive.

[[Giorgia Meloni]] has been the incumbent prime minister since 22 October 2022 and she is the first woman to hold the office in the [[history of the Italian Republic]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Amante|first1=Angelo|last2=Weir|first2=Keith|date=21 October 2022|title=Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-meets-president-set-become-prime-minister-2022-10-21/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021102408/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-meets-president-set-become-prime-minister-2022-10-21/|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=21 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=21 October 2022|title=Presidential palace says Giorgia Meloni forms government, giving Italy first far-right-led coalition since World War II|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022000948/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408|archive-date=22 October 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 October 2022|title=Far-right Meloni set to become Italy's first woman PM|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100236/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|website=[[France 24]]|publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>

== Functions ==
[[File:Palazzo Chigi Roma giugno 2024.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chigi Palace]] in Rome, the seat of the [[Council of Ministers (Italy)|Council of Ministers]] and the [[official residence]] of the Prime Minister of Italy.]]
{{Politics of Italy}}
As the president of the [[Council of Ministers of Italy|Council of Ministers]], the prime minister is required by the [[Constitution of Italy|Constitution]] to have the supreme confidence of the majority of the voting members of the [[Italian Parliament|Parliament]].

In addition to powers inherent in being a member of the Cabinet, the prime minister holds specific powers, most notably being able to nominate a list of Cabinet ministers to be appointed by the president of the Republic and the countersigning of all legislative instruments having the force of law that are signed by the president of the Republic.

Article 95 of the Italian constitution provides that the prime minister "directs and coordinates the activity of the ministers". This power has been used to a quite variable extent in the [[History of Italy|history of the Italian state]] as it is strongly influenced by the political strength of individual ministers and thus by the parties they represent.

The prime minister's activity has often consisted of mediating between the various parties in the majority coalition, rather than directing the activity of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister's supervisory power is further limited by the lack of any formal authority to fire ministers. In the past, in order to  make a cabinet reshuffle, prime ministers have sometimes resigned so that they could be re-appointed by the president and allowed to form a new cabinet with new ministers. In order to do this the prime minister needs the support of the president, who could theoretically refuse to re-appoint them following their resignation.

== History ==
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The office was first established in 1848 in Italy's predecessor state, the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]]—although it was not mentioned in its constitution, the [[Albertine Statute]].

=== Historical Right and Historical Left ===
[[File:Tuminello, Lodovico (1824-1907) - Cavour cropped.jpg|thumb|left|170px|[[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour|Count Camillo Benso of Cavour]], first Italian Prime Minister]]
After the [[unification of Italy]] and the establishment of the [[Kingdom of Italy|kingdom]], the procedure did not change. In fact, the candidate for office was appointed by the [[King of Italy|king]] and presided over a very unstable political system. The first prime minister was [[Camillo Benso di Cavour]], who was appointed on 23 March 1861, but he died on 6 June the same year. From 1861 to 1911, [[Historical Right]] and [[Historical Left]] prime ministers alternatively governed the country.

According to the letter of the [[Statuto Albertino]], the prime minister and other ministers were politically responsible to the king and legally responsible to Parliament. With time, it became all but impossible for a king to appoint a government entirely of his own choosing or keep it in office against the will of Parliament. As a result, in practice the prime minister was now both politically and legally responsible to Parliament, and had to maintain its confidence to stay in office.

One of the most famous and influential prime ministers of this period was [[Francesco Crispi]], a left-wing patriot and statesman, the first head of the government from [[Southern Italy]]. He led the country for six years from 1887 until 1891 and again from 1893 until 1896. Crispi was internationally famous and often mentioned along with world statesmen such as [[Otto von Bismarck]], [[William Ewart Gladstone]] and [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Salisbury]].

Originally an enlightened Italian patriot and democrat liberal, Crispi went on to become a bellicose authoritarian prime minister, ally and admirer of Bismarck. His career ended amid controversy and failure due to becoming involved in a major banking scandal and subsequently fell from power in 1896 after a devastating colonial defeat in Ethiopia. He is often seen as a precursor of the [[fascist]] dictator [[Benito Mussolini]].<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-87708350/randolph-churchill-italy-francesco.html The Randolph Churchill of Italy], accessmylibrary.com.</ref>

=== Giolittian Era ===
[[File:Giovanni Giolitti 1920.png|thumb|170px|[[Giovanni Giolitti]], longest-serving democratically elected Prime Minister in Italian history, and the second-longest serving overall after [[Benito Mussolini]]]]
In 1892, [[Giovanni Giolitti]], a leftist lawyer and politician, was appointed prime minister by King [[Umberto I]], but after less than a year he was forced to resign and Crispi returned to power. In 1903, he was appointed again head of the government after a period of instability. Giolitti was prime minister five times between 1892 and 1921 and the second-longest serving prime minister in Italian history.

Giolitti was a master in the political art of ''[[trasformismo]]'', the method of making a flexible, fluid centrist coalition in Parliament which sought to isolate the extremes of the [[Left-wing politics|left]] and the [[Right-wing politics|right]] in Italian politics. Under his influence, the [[Liberals (Italy)|Italian Liberals]] did not develop as a structured party. They were instead a series of informal personal groupings with no formal links to political constituencies.<ref>Amoore, ''The Global Resistance Reader'', p. 39</ref>

The period between the start of the 20th century and the start of [[World War I]], when he was prime minister and Minister of the Interior from 1901 to 1914 with only brief interruptions, is often called the Giolittian Era.<ref name=baranski44>Barański & West, ''[https://books.google.com/books?hl=nl&id=1hVfHLOGAxwC&q=Giolitti The Cambridge companion to modern Italian culture]'', p. 44</ref><ref name=killinger127>Killinger, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=stSxECsf0F4C The history of Italy]'', p. 127–28</ref> A left-wing liberal<ref name=baranski44 /> with strong ethical concerns,<ref>Coppa 1970</ref> Giolitti's periods in the office were notable for the passage of a wide range of progressive social reforms which improved the living standards of ordinary Italians, together with the enactment of several policies of government intervention.<ref name=killinger127 /><ref name=sarti46>Sarti, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=xhoLorFC1iwC&pg=PA46 Italy: a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present]'', pp. 46–48</ref>

Besides putting in place several [[tariff]]s, subsidies and government projects, Giolitti also nationalized the private telephone and railroad operators. Liberal proponents of [[free trade]] criticized the "Giolittian System", although Giolitti himself saw the development of the national economy as essential in the production of wealth.<ref>Coppa 1971</ref>

=== Fascist regime ===
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[[File:Mussolini biografia.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Benito Mussolini]], longest-serving prime minister of Italy and ''[[Duce]]'' of [[fascism]]]]
The Italian prime minister presided over a very unstable political system as in its first sixty years of existence (1861–1921) Italy changed its head of the government 37 times.

Regarding this situation, the first goal of [[Benito Mussolini]], [[March on Rome|appointed in 1922]], was to abolish the Parliament's ability to put him to a [[vote of no confidence]], basing his power on the will of the King and the [[National Fascist Party]] alone. After destroying all political opposition through his secret police and outlawing labor strikes,<ref name=Haugen_p9_71>Haugen, pp. 9, 71.</ref> Mussolini and his [[Italian Fascism|Fascist]] followers consolidated their power through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a [[One-party state|one-party dictatorship]]. Within five years, he had established dictatorial authority by both legal and extraordinary means, aspiring to create a totalitarian state. In 1925 the title of "President of the Council of Ministers" was changed into "Head of the Government, Prime Minister, Secretary of State", symbolizing the new dictatorial powers of Mussolini. The convention that the prime minister was responsible to Parliament had become so entrenched that Mussolini had to pass a law stating that he was not responsible to Parliament.

Mussolini remained in power until he was deposed by King [[Victor Emmanuel III]] in 1943 following a vote of no confidence by the [[Grand Council of Fascism]] and replaced by General [[Pietro Badoglio]]. A few months later, [[Operation Achse|Italy was invaded by Nazi Germany]] and Mussolini was reinstated as head of a puppet State called [[Italian Social Republic]], while the authorities of the Kingdom were forced to relocate in [[Southern Italy]], which was under the control of the Allied Forces. 

In 1944 Badoglio resigned and [[Ivanoe Bonomi]] was appointed to the post of prime minister, restoring the old title of "President of the Council of Ministers. Bonomi was briefly succeeded by [[Ferruccio Parri]] in 1945 and then by [[Alcide De Gasperi|Alcide de Gasperi]], leader of the newly formed [[Christian democracy|Christian Democracy]] (''Democrazia Cristiana'', DC) political party.

=== First decades of the Italian Republic ===
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Following the [[1946 Italian institutional referendum]], the monarchy was abolished and De Gasperi became the first Prime Minister of the Italian Republic. The First Republic was dominated by the Christian Democracy which was the senior party in each government coalitions from 1946 to 1994 while the opposition was led by the [[Italian Communist Party]] (PCI), the largest one in Western Europe.

[[File:Alcide de Gasperi 2.jpg|thumb|170px|[[Alcide De Gasperi]], first prime minister of the Italian Republic]]
In the first years of the Republic, the governments were led by De Gasperi, who is also considered a founding father of the [[European Union]].

After the death of De Gasperi, Italy returned in a period of political instability and a lot of cabinets were formed in few decades. The second part of the 20th century was dominated by De Gasperi's protégé [[Giulio Andreotti]], who was appointed prime minister seven times from 1972 to 1992.

From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, the country experienced the [[Years of Lead (Italy)|Years of Lead]], a period characterised by economic crisis (especially after the [[1973 oil crisis]]), widespread social conflicts and terrorist massacres carried out by opposing extremist groups, with the alleged involvement of United States and Soviet intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta sul terrorismo in Italia e sulle cause della mancata individuazione dei responsabili delle stragi (Parliamentary investigative commission on terrorism in Italy and the failure to identify the perpetrators) | year=1995 | access-date=2 May 2006 | url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/documents/collection_gladio/report_ital_senate.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060819211212/http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/documents/collection_gladio/report_ital_senate.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 19 August 2006|language=it}}</ref><ref name="Docs">{{in lang|en|it|fr|de}} {{Cite web | title=Secret Warfare: Operation Gladio and NATO's Stay-Behind Armies | access-date=2 May 2006 | publisher=Swiss Federal Institute of Technology / International Relation and Security Network | url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/collections/coll_gladio.htm#Documents |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060425182721/http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/collections/coll_gladio.htm#Documents <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 25 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeclarion.org/press_cuttings/us.terrorism_graun_24jun2000.html |title=Clarion: Philip Willan, Guardian, 24 June 2000, page 19 |publisher=Cambridgeclarion.org |date=24 June 2000 |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> The Years of Lead culminated in the assassination of the Christian Democrat leader [[Aldo Moro]] in 1978 and the [[Bologna massacre|Bologna railway station massacre]] in 1980, where 85 people died.

In the 1980s, for the first time since 1945 two governments were led by non-Christian Democrat prime ministers: one [[Italian Republican Party|Republican]] ([[Giovanni Spadolini]]) and one [[Italian Socialist Party|Socialist]] ([[Bettino Craxi]]). However, the Christian Democrats remained the main government party. During Craxi's government, the economy recovered and Italy became the world's fifth-largest industrial nation, gaining entry into the [[Group of Seven]], but as a result of his spending policies, the Italian national debt skyrocketed during the Craxi era, soon passing 100% of the GDP.

In the early 1990s, Italy faced significant challenges as voters—disenchanted with political paralysis, massive public debt and the extensive corruption system (known as ''[[Tangentopoli]]'') uncovered by the "[[Mani pulite|Clean Hands]]" (''mani pulite'') investigation—demanded radical reforms. The scandals involved all major parties, but especially those in the government coalition: the Christian Democrats, who ruled for almost 50 years, underwent a severe crisis and eventually disbanded, splitting up into several factions. Moreover, the Communist Party was reorganised as a social-democratic force, the [[Democratic Party of the Left]].

=== The "Second Republic" ===
[[File:Berlusconi-2010-1.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Silvio Berlusconi]], longest-serving post-war prime minister]]
In the midst of the ''mani pulite'' operation which shook political parties in 1994, media magnate [[Silvio Berlusconi]], owner of three private TV channels, founded {{Lang|it|[[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]]|italic=no}} (Forward Italy) party and won the elections, becoming one of Italy's most important political and economic figures for the next decade. Berlusconi is also the longest-serving prime minister in the history of the Italian Republic and the third-longest serving in the whole history after Mussolini and Giolitti.

Ousted after a few months of government, Berlusconi returned to power in 2001, lost the [[2006 Italian general election|2006 general election]] five years later to [[Romano Prodi]] and his [[The Union (political coalition)|Union]] coalition, but won the [[2008 Italian general election|2008 general election]] and was elected prime minister for the third time in May 2008. In November 2011, Berlusconi lost his majority in the Chamber of Deputies and resigned. His successor, [[Mario Monti]], formed a new government, composed of "technicians" and supported by both the center-left and the center-right. In April 2013, after the [[2013 Italian general election|general election]] in February, the Vice Secretary of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] (PD) [[Enrico Letta]] led a [[Letta Cabinet|government]] composed by both center-left and the center-right.

On 22 February 2014, after tensions in the Democratic Party the PD's Secretary [[Matteo Renzi]] was sworn in as the new prime minister. Renzi proposed several reforms, including a radical overhaul of the [[Italian Senate|Senate]] and a new electoral law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europaquotidiano.it/2014/01/30/una-buona-riforma-in-attesa-della-riforma/|title=Una buona riforma, in attesa della Riforma – Europa Quotidiano<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente -->|website=europaquotidiano.it|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231161128/http://www.europaquotidiano.it/2014/01/30/una-buona-riforma-in-attesa-della-riforma/|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the proposed reforms were rejected on 4 December 2016 by a [[2016 Italian constitutional referendum|referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-idUSKCN0X9217|title=Italy passes Renzi's flagship reform, opening way for referendum|first=Crispian|last=Balmer|website=Reuters |date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Following the referendum's results, Renzi resigned and his Foreign Affairs Minister [[Paolo Gentiloni]] was appointed new prime minister.
On 1 June 2018, after the [[2018 Italian general election]] where the [[anti-establishment]] [[Five Star Movement]] become the largest party in Parliament, [[Giuseppe Conte]] (leader of Five Star) was sworn in as prime minister, at the head of a [[populist]] coalition of Five Star Movement and the [[Lega Nord|League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/europe/italy-new-government-sworn-in-intl/index.html|title=New prime minister sworn in to lead populist Italian government|publisher=CNN|date=1 June 2018|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Giorgia Meloni Official 2023 crop.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Giorgia Meloni]], the first female prime minister of Italy]]
After the [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy]], where the League exceeded Five Star Movement, [[Matteo Salvini]] (leader of the League) proposed a [[no-confidence vote]] in Conte. Conte resigned, but after the consultations between the President [[Sergio Mattarella]] and the political parties, Conte was reappointed as prime minister, heading a government of the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party of [[Nicola Zingaretti]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/conte-wins-crucial-support-for-new-italian-govt-coalition/2019/08/28/a85203c4-c99c-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html|title=Conte wins crucial support for new Italian govt coalition|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828200930/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/conte-wins-crucial-support-for-new-italian-govt-coalition/2019/08/28/a85203c4-c99c-11e9-9615-8f1a32962e04_story.html|archive-date=28 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2021, the centrist party [[Italia Viva]], led by former prime minister Renzi, withdrew its support to Conte's government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-26 |title=Governo, Conte si è dimesso: domani le consultazioni al Quirinale |url=https://www.newsby.it/politica/conte-crisi-governo-cdm-quirinale-dimissioni/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=newsby |language=it-IT}}</ref> In February 2021, President Mattarella appointed [[Mario Draghi]], former President of the [[European Central Bank]], Prime Minister. His new cabinet was supported by most Italian parties, including the League, M5S, PD, and FI.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56049115 Mario Draghi sworn in as Italy's new prime minister], ''BBC''</ref><ref>[https://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Governo-Draghi-accetta-incarico-677dedcb-1285-4a3b-ae98-a7dcb77c922a.html Nasce il governo di Mario Draghi, con 8 tecnici e 15 ministri di sei partiti], ''Rai News''</ref>

In October 2022, President Mattarella appointed [[Giorgia Meloni]] as Italy's first female prime minister, following the resignation of Mario Draghi amidst a [[2022 Italian government crisis|government crisis]] and a [[2022 Italian general election|general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harlan|first1=Chico|last2=Pitrelli|first2=Stefano|date=21 October 2022|title=Meloni sworn in as Italy's first female prime minister |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/21/giorgia-meloni-silvio-berlusconi-italy/ |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021231732/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/21/giorgia-meloni-silvio-berlusconi-italy/|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=22 October 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

== Living former prime ministers of Italy ==
As of {{Date}}, there are ten living former prime ministers. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of [[Arnaldo Forlani]] (1980–1981), on 6 July 2023.

<gallery class="center" caption="Living former prime ministers of Italy">
File:Giuliano Amato - Festival Economia 2013.JPG|[[Giuliano Amato]]<br />1992–1993<br />2000–2001<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|5|13}}</small>
File:Lamberto dini pl.jpg|[[Lamberto Dini]]<br />1995–1996<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1931|3|1}}</small>
File:Romano Prodi - Giornata Autonomia 2014.JPG|[[Romano Prodi]]<br />1996–1998<br />2006–2008<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|8|9}}</small>
File:Massimo D%E2%80%99Alema (8812707342) cropped.jpg|[[Massimo D'Alema]]<br />1998–2000<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|4|20}}</small>
File:Mario Monti datisenato 2022.jpg|[[Mario Monti]]<br />2011–2013<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|3|19}}</small>
File:Enrico Letta daticamera 2021.jpg|[[Enrico Letta]]<br />2013–2014<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|8|20}}</small>
File:Matteo Renzi datisenato 2022.jpg|[[Matteo Renzi]]<br />2014–2016<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|1|11}}</small>
File:Paolo Gentiloni in 2019.jpg|[[Paolo Gentiloni]]<br />2016–2018<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|11|22}}</small>
File:Giuseppe Conte (cropped).jpg|[[Giuseppe Conte ]]<br />2018–2021<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|8|8}}</small>
File:Mario Draghi in 2021 (cropped).jpg|[[Mario Draghi]]<br />2021–2022<br /><small>{{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|9|3}}</small>
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of prime ministers of Italy]]
* [[List of prime ministers of Italy by time in office]]
* [[List of international trips made by prime ministers of Italy]]
* [[Deputy Prime Minister of Italy]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.governo.it/ Website of the Prime Minister of Italy]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121209050716/http://www.filibustercartoons.com/italy.htm List of Italian Prime Ministers, with information on length of term and party membership]}}

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