Renzi Cabinet
| Renzi Cabinet | |
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 63rd cabinet of Italy |
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| Date formed | 22 February 2014 |
| Date dissolved | 12 December 2016 (1,024 days) |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Matteo Renzi |
| Head of state |
Giorgio Napolitano Sergio Mattarella |
| No. of ministers | 16 |
| Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal) |
4 |
| Total no. of ministers | 20 |
| Member party |
Democratic Party (11) New Centre-Right (3) Union of the Centre (1) Independents (2) |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Letta Cabinet |
| Successor | Gentiloni Cabinet |
The Renzi Cabinet, led by Matteo Renzi, was the 63rd cabinet of the Italian Republic.
The government, in office from February 2014 to December 2016, was composed of members of the Democratic Party (PD), the New Centre-Right (NCD), the Union of the Centre (UdC), Civic Choice (SC), the Populars for Italy (PpI, until June 2015), Solidary Democracy (Demo.S, since July 2014), the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Democratic Centre (CD, since October 2015) and non-party independents. At its formation, the Renzi Cabinet was the youngest government of Italy to date, with an average age of forty-seven. In addition, it was also the first Italian cabinet in which the number of female ministers was equal to the number of male ministers, not including the prime minister. That later changed, as eventually three female minister resigned, each replaced by a male minister.
At a meeting on 13 February 2014, following tensions between Prime Minister Enrico Letta and PD Secretary Matteo Renzi, the Democratic Party leadership voted heavily in favour of Renzi's call for "a new government, a new phase and a radical programme of reform". Minutes after the Party backed the Renzi proposal by 136 votes to 16, with two abstentions, Palazzo Chigi – the official residence of the Prime Minister – announced that Letta would travel to the Quirinale the following day to tender his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano.
In an earlier speech, Renzi had paid tribute to Letta, saying that he was not intended to put him "on trial". But, without directly proposing himself as the next Prime Minister, he said the Eurozone's third-largest economy urgently needed "a new phase" and "radical programme" to push through badly-needed reforms. The motion he put forward made clear "the necessity and urgency of opening a new phase with a new executive". Speaking privately to party leaders, Renzi said that Italy was "at a crossroads" and faced either holding fresh elections or a new government without a return to the polls. On 14 February, President Napolitano accepted Letta's resignation from the office of Prime Minister.
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