title: First Rumor government
text: # First Rumor government
  
  The Rumor I Cabinet was the 23rd cabinet of the Italian Republic.
  
  The government fell in July 1969 following the splitting of the Unitary Socialist Party from the PSI.
  
  ## Party breakdown
  
  * Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 16 ministers, 32 undersecretaries
  * Italian Socialist Party (PSI): deputy prime minister, 8 ministers, 22 undersecretaries
  * Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries
  
  ## Composition
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prime Minister | Mariano Rumor | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Deputy Prime Minister | Francesco De Martino | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Pietro Nenni | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of the Interior | Franco Restivo | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Grace and Justice | Silvio Gava | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Luigi Preti | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Finance | Oronzo Reale | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Republican Party |
  | Minister of Treasury | Emilio Colombo | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Defence | Luigi Gui | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Public Education | Fiorentino Sullo | 13 December 1968 | 24 March 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Public Education | Mario Ferrari Aggradi | 24 March 1969 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Public Works | Giacomo Mancini | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Athos Valsecchi | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | Luigi Mariotti | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Mario Ferrari Aggradi | 13 December 1968 | 24 March 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Crescenzo Mazza | 24 March 1969 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Mario Tanassi | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Health | Camillo Ripamonti | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Foreign Trade | Vittorino Colombo | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Merchant Navy | Giuseppe Lupis | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of State Holdings | Arnaldo Forlani | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister of Labour and Social Security | Giacomo Brodolini | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | Lorenzo Natali | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South and in the depressive areas of the Center-North (without portfolio) | Paolo Emilio Taviani | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister for Particular Political Tasks (without portfolio) | Crescenzo Mazza | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio) | Carlo Russo | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister for Scientific Research (without portfolio) | Salvatore Lauricella | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Socialist Party |
  | Minister for Public Administration Reform (without portfolio) | Eugenio Gatto | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Minister for Special Assignments (without portfolio) | Giacinto Bosco | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  | Secretary of the Council of Ministers | Antonio Bisaglia | 13 December 1968 | 6 August 1969 | Christian Democracy |
  