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The Spadolini II Cabinet, led by Giovanni Spadolini, was the 40th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

The government remained in office from 23 August 1982 to 1 December 1982. This government was also known as the "Photocopy government",^[1] as identical to the previous Spadolini Cabinet.

The cabinet fell due to the so-called "Lite delle comari" (godmothers' quarrel), i.e. a political conflict between the ministers Beniamino Andreatta and Rino Formica about the "divorce" between Minister of Treasury and Bank of Italy.^[2]

Party breakdown

Ministers and other members

• Italian Republican Party (PRI): prime minister, 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries
• Christian Democracy (DC): 15 ministers, 31 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): 7 ministers, 15 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 1 minister, 3 undersecretaries

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Giovanni Spadolini	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Republican Party	Vittorio Olcese (PRI)[a]
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Emilio Colombo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Bruno Corti (PSDI) Raffaele Costa (PLI) Mario Fioret (DC) Roberto Palleschi (PSI)
	Minister of the Interior	Virginio Rognoni	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Marino Corder (DC) Angelo Maria Sanza (DC) Francesco Spinelli (PSI)
	Minister of Grace and Justice	Clelio Darida	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giuseppe Gargani (DC) Domenico Raffaello Lombardi (DC) Gaetano Scamarcio (PSI)
	Minister of Budget and Economic Planning	Giorgio La Malfa	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Republican Party	Emilio Rubbi (DC)
	Minister of Finance	Rino Formica	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Giuseppe Amadei (PSDI) Francesco Colucci (PSI) Paolo Enrico Moro (DC) Rodolfo Tambroni Armaroli (DC)
	Minister of Treasury	Beniamino Andreatta	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Carlo Fracanzani (DC) Giuseppe Pisanu (DC) Eugenio Tarabini (DC) Angelo Tiraboschi (PSI) Claudio Venanzetti (PRI)
	Minister of Defence	Lelio Lagorio	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Bartolomeo Ciccardini (DC) Martino Scovacricchi (PSDI) Amerigo Petrucci (DC)
	Minister of Public Education	Guido Bodrato	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Antonino Drago (DC) Franca Falcucci (DC) Giuseppe Fassino (PLI) Sisinio Zito (PSI)
	Minister of Public Works	Franco Nicolazzi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mario Casalinuovo (PSI) Giorgio Santuz (DC)
	Minister of Agriculture and Forests	Giuseppe Bartolomei	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Mario Campagnoli (DC) Fabio Fabbri (PSI)
	Minister of Transport	Vincenzo Balzamo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Antonio Caldoro (PSI) Dino Riva (PSDI) Elio Tiriolo (DC)
	Minister of Post and Telecommunications	Remo Gaspari	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giorgio Bogi (PRI) Pino Leccisi (DC) Gaspare Saladino (PSI)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship	Giovanni Marcora	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Gianni Fontana (DC) Enrico Novellini (PSI) Francesco Rebecchini (DC)
	Minister of Health	Renato Altissimo	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Liberal Party	Maria Magnani Noya (PSI) Bruno Orsini (DC)
	Minister of Foreign Trade	Nicola Capria	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Baldassare Armato (DC) Enrico Rizzi (PSDI)
	Minister of Merchant Navy	Calogero Mannino	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Giovanni Nonne (PSI) Francesco Patriarca (DC)
	Minister of State Holdings	Gianni De Michelis	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Silvestro Ferrari (DC) Delio Giacometti (DC)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Michele Di Giesi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Mario Costa (DC) Angelo Cresco (PSI) Mario Gargano (DC) Piergiovanni Malvestio (DC)
	Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage	Vincenzo Scotti	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Pietro Mezzapesa (DC)
	Minister of Tourism and Entertainment	Nicola Signorello	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy	Enrico Quaranta (PSI)
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Aldo Aniasi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party
	Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research (without portfolio)	Giancarlo Tesini	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Lucio Abis	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection (without portfolio)	Giuseppe Zamberletti	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Dante Schietroma	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Democratic Socialist Party	Francesco Quattrone (DC)
	Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South (without portfolio)	Claudio Signorile	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Italian Socialist Party	Salvatore Urso (DC)
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Luciano Radi	23 August 1982 – 1 December 1982		Christian Democracy

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