title: Shadow Cabinet of Italy (2008)
text: # Shadow Cabinet of Italy (2008)
  
  A Shadow Cabinet of Italy had been announced on 15 April 2008, by Walter Veltroni, Secretary of the Democratic Party, after the 2008 Italian general election and officially presented on 9 May.
  
  The new party Secretary Dario Franceschini announced on 21 February 2009 that he will dissolve the Shadow Cabinet.
  
  | Portfolio | Shadow Minister |
  | - | - |
  | Shadow President of the Council | Walter Veltroni |
  | Shadow Vice President of the Council | Enrico Morando |
  | Shadow Spokesman of the Council | Riccardo Franco Levi |
  | Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs | Piero Fassino |
  | Shadow Minister of the Interior | Marco Minniti |
  | Shadow Minister of Justice | Lanfranco Tenaglia |
  | Shadow Minister of Economy | Pierluigi Bersani |
  | Shadow Ministry of Education, Universities and Research | Maria Pia Garavaglia |
  | Shadow Minister of Industry | Matteo Colaninno |
  | Shadow Minister of Welfare | Enrico Letta |
  | Shadow Minister of Defense | Roberta Pinotti |
  | Shadow Minister of Agriculture | Alfonso Andria |
  | Shadow Minister of Environment | Ermete Realacci |
  | Shadow Minister of Infrastructures and Transports | Andrea Martella |
  | Shadow Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities | Vincenzo Cerami |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Communications) | Giovanna Melandri |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Reforms) | Sergio Chiamparino |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Regional Affairs) | Mariangela Bastico |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Public Administration and Innovation) | Linda Lanzillotta |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Equal Opportunities) | Vittoria Franco |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Normative Simplification) | Beatrice Magnolfi |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (European Affairs) | Maria Paola Merloni |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Platform Accomplishment) | Michele Ventura |
  | Shadow Minister without portfolio (Youth) | Pina Picierno |
  