Gentiloni Cabinet

Gentiloni Cabinet
64h cabinet of Italy
Date formed	12 December 2016
People and organisations
Head of government	Paolo Gentiloni
Head of state	Sergio Mattarella
No. of ministers	18
Member party	Democratic Party (12) New Centre-Right (3) Centrists for Europe (1) Independents (2)
History
Election(s)	The next general election must be held no later than 23 May 2018.
Predecessor	Renzi Cabinet

The Gentiloni Cabinet, led by Paolo Gentiloni, is the 64th and current cabinet of the Italian Republic.

The government, in office since 12 December 2016, was initially composed of members of the Democratic Party (PD), the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Centrists for Europe (CpE), and non-party independents.

On 7 December 2016, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his resignation, following the rejection of his proposals to overhaul the Senate in the 2016 constitutional referendum. A few days later, on 11 December 2016, President Sergio Mattarella asked Paolo Gentiloni, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, to form a new government. On the following day Gentiloni was officially sworn in as the new head of the government.

Gentiloni formed a coalition government supported by his own Democratic Party, the New Centre-Right and the Centrists for Italy. This was the same majority which supported Renzi's government for almost three years. The centrist Liberal Popular Alliance, led by Denis Verdini, did not support the new cabinet, because no party member was appointed minister. Deputy ministers of the Italian Socialist Party and Solidary Democracy were also appointed. After the split of the Democrats and Progressives from the Democratic Party, that party was presented by one deputy minister in the government.

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