| Cabinet Name: | Andreotti III Cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 33rd |
| Jurisdiction: | Italy |
| Flag: | Flag of Italy.svg |
| Flag Border: | True |
| Government Head: | Giulio Andreotti |
| State Head: | Giovanni Leone |
| Political Parties: | DC Abstention: PCI, PSI, PSDI, PRI, PLI |
| Opposition Parties: | MSI, DP, PR |
| Legislature Status: | Minority government |
| Election: | 1976 election |
| Legislature Term: | VII Legislature (19761979) |
| Previous: | Moro V Cabinet |
| Successor: | Andreotti IV Cabinet |
The Andreotti III Cabinet was the 33rd cabinet of the Italian Republic. It held office from 1976 to 1978.[1]
It was the first government in the history of the Italian Republic to count among its members a woman, Tina Anselmi (as Minister of Labour).
The government obtained the confidence in the Senate on 6 August 1976, with 136 votes in favor, 17 against and 69 abstentions, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 9 August 1976, with 258 votes in favor, 44 against and 303 abstentions.
It was a single-color government composed only of members of Christian Democracy; it was known as the Government of non no-confidence (Italian: Governo della non sfiducia) or Government of national solidarity (Italian: Governo di solidarietà nazionale)[2] because it obtained the vote of confidence in parliament thanks to the abstention of the Italian Communist Party led by Enrico Berlinguer.[3]
The Andreotti III Cabinet fell on 31 January 1978, due to the withdrawal of support from the Communist Party, which wanted to be directly involved in the government, a proposal rejected by Christian Democracy.[4]
| Portrait | width=20% | Office | width=20% | Name | width=20% | Term | width=20% colspan=2 | Party | width=20% | Undersecretaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Franco Evangelisti (DC) Piergiorgio Bressani (DC) Gian Aldo Arnaud (DC) Ignazio Vincenzo Senese (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Arnaldo Forlani | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Franco Foschi (DC) Luciano Radi (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of the Interior | Francesco Cossiga | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Clelio Darida (DC) Nicola Lettieri (DC) Giuseppe Zamberletti (DC) (until 15 September 1977) | ||||||
| Minister of Grace and Justice | Francesco Paolo Bonifacio | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Renato Dell'Andro (DC) Edoardo Speranza (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | Tommaso Morlino | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Vincenzo Scotti (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Finance | Filippo Maria Pandolfi | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Azzaro (DC) Carmelo Santalco (DC) Rodolfo Tambroni Armaroli (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Treasury | Gaetano Stammati | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Lucio Abis (DC) Renato Corà (DC) Antonio Mario Mazzarrino (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Defence | Vito Lattanzio | 30 July 1976 – 18 September 1977 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Caroli (DC) Carlo Pastorino (DC) Amerigo Petrucci (DC) | ||||||
| Attilio Ruffini | 18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | ||||||||
| Minister of Public Education | Franco Maria Malfatti | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Carlo Buzzi (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Giovanni Del Rio (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Public Works | Antonino Pietro Gullotti | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Antonio Laforgia (DC) Pietro Padula (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Giovanni Marcora | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Arcangelo Lobianco (DC) Roberto Mazzotta (DC) (until 24 February 1977) Giuseppe Zurlo (DC) (since 24 February 1977) | ||||||
| Minister of Transport | Attilio Ruffini | 30 July 1976 – 18 September 1977 | Christian Democracy | Gianni Fontana (DC) Costante Degan (DC) | ||||||
| Vito Lattanzio | 18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | ||||||||
| Minister of Merchant Navy | Francesco Fabbri | 30 July 1976 – 20 January 1977 | Christian Democracy | |||||||
| Attilio Ruffini (ad interim) | 20 January 1977 – 18 September 1977 | Christian Democracy | ||||||||
| Vito Lattanzio (ad interim) | 18 September 1977 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | ||||||||
| Minister of Post and Telecommunications | Vittorino Colombo | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Giuseppe Antonio Dal Maso (DC) Elio Tiriolo (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | Carlo Donat-Cattin | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Enzo Erminero (DC) Gianuario Carta (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Health | Luciano Dal Falco | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Ferdinando Russo (DC) Giuseppe Zurlo (DC) (until 24 February 1977) | ||||||
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Rinaldo Ossola | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Independent | Luigi Michele Galli (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of State Holdings | Antonio Bisaglia | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Francesco Bova (DC) Angelo Castelli (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | Tina Anselmi | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Nino Cristofori (DC) Francesco Smurra (DC) Baldassare Armato (DC) Manfredi Bosco (DC) | ||||||
| Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | Mario Pedini | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Giorgio Postal (DC) Giorgio Spitella (DC) | ||||||
| Dario Antoniozzi | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | Christian Democracy | Carlo Sangalli (DC) | |||||||
| Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio) | Ciriaco De Mita | 30 July 1976 – 13 March 1978 | ||||||||