Prime Minister of the Papal States | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | Pope Pius IX |
Formation | July 17, 1847 |
First holder | Cardinal Gabriele Ferretti |
Final holder | Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Muzzarelli |
Abolished | December 26, 1849 |
This is a list of the prime ministers of the Papal States. Officially the prime minister was recognized as Minister of Interior (Italian: Ministro dell'Interno), like the title of "chief of the government" was reserved to the Cardinal Secretary of State, the office was created from the granting of the Statute of the Papal States in 1848 to 1850, when Pope Pius IX disclaim the Statute after the Roman Republic's fall in 1849.