Berlusconi IV Cabinet

Fourth Berlusconi cabinet
60th cabinet of Italy
Date formed	8 May 2008
Date dissolved	16 November 2011 (1,287 days)
People and organisations
Head of government	Silvio Berlusconi
Head of state	Giorgio Napolitano
Total no. of ministers	23
Member party	The People of Freedom (PdL) Northern League (LN) Movement for Autonomy (MpA) The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (PID) since March 2011
History
Election(s)	2008 election
Outgoing election	–
Legislature term(s)	29 April 2008 - 15 March 2013 (XVI)
Incoming formation	Berlusconi IV Cabinet formation, 2008
Outgoing formation	Monti Cabinet formation, 2011
Predecessor	Prodi II Cabinet
Successor	Monti Cabinet

Berlusconi IV Cabinet was the cabinet of the Italy from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011.

It was the fourth cabinet led by Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy of the Italian Republic (3340 days in office). It was a coalition government composed mainly of two parties, The People of Freedom (PdL) and the Northern League. Key ministers included Franco Frattini, Giulio Tremonti, Roberto Maroni and Angelino Alfano.

At its formation, the government included 22 ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 61 members. At the end of its term the cabinet was composed of 24 ministers, 4 deputy ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 67 members. With 1287 days of tenure, it was second in longevity only to Berlusconi's second government (1409 days from 2001 to 2005) in the history of the Italian Republic.

After the sudden fall of the Prodi II Cabinet on 24 January, the break-up of The Union coalition and the subsequent political crisis (which paved the way for a fresh general election on April 2008), Berlusconi, Gianfranco Fini and other party leaders finally agreed on 8 February 2008 to form a joint list named "The People of Freedom" (Italian: Il Popolo della Libertà), allied with the Northern League of Umberto Bossi and with the Sicilian Movement for Autonomy of Raffaele Lombardo.

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