{{short description|36th government of the Italian Republic}}
{{Infobox government cabinet |cabinet_name = Cossiga I Cabinet |cabinet_number = 36th |jurisdiction = Italy |flag = Flag of Italy.svg |flag_border = True |image = Francesco_Cossiga_1979.jpg |date_formed = {{start date|1979|08|05|df=y}} |date_dissolved = {{end date|1980|04|04|df=y}} |government_head = Francesco Cossiga |deputy_government_head= |state_head = Sandro Pertini |current_number = |former_members_number = |total_number = |political_parties = DC, PSDI, PLI <br>'''Abstention''': <br> PSI, PRI |opposition_parties = PCI, MSI, PR, PdUP |legislature_status = Coalition government |election = 1979 election |last_election = |incoming_formation = |legislature_term = VIII Legislature (1979{{ndash}}1983) |previous = Andreotti V Cabinet |successor = Cossiga II Cabinet }}
The '''Cossiga I Cabinet''', led by Francesco Cossiga, was the 36th cabinet of the Italian Republic.
Cossiga resigned on 19 March 1980<ref>[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,1/articleid,1060_01_1980_0063_0001_15082365/anews,true/ Il Paese senza governo - Un reincarico a Cossiga?]</ref> and was re-appointed to form a second government. thumb|right|290px|The Cossiga Cabinet at the Quirinal Palace for the official portrait. ==Party breakdown== * Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 17 ministers, 38 undersecretaries * Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 3 ministers, 6 undersecretaries * Italian Liberal Party (PLI): 2 ministers, 2 undersecretaries * Independents (PSI area): 2 ministers, 1 undersecretary
==Composition== {{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Prime Minister | minister1 = Francesco Cossiga | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Foreign Affairs | minister1 = Franco Maria Malfatti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 14 January 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) | minister2 = Attilio Ruffini | minister2_termstart = 14 January 1980 | minister2_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister2_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of the Interior | minister1 = Virginio Rognoni | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Grace and Justice | minister1 = Tommaso Morlino | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Budget and Economic Planning | minister1 = Beniamino Andreatta | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Finance | minister1 = Franco Reviglio | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Treasury | minister1 = Filippo Maria Pandolfi | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Defence | minister1 = Attilio Ruffini | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 14 January 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) | minister2 = Adolfo Sarti | minister2_termstart = 14 January 1980 | minister2_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister2_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Public Education | minister1 = Salvatore Valitutti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Liberal Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Public Works | minister1 = Franco Nicolazzi | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Democratic Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Agriculture and Forests | minister1 = Giovanni Marcora | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Transport | minister1 = Luigi Preti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Democratic Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Post and Telecommunications | minister1 = Vittorino Colombo | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftsmanship | minister1 = Antonio Bisaglia | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Health | minister1 = Renato Altissimo | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Liberal Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Foreign Trade | minister1 = Gaetano Stammati | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Merchant Navy | minister1 = Franco Evangelisti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 March 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) | minister2 = Nicola Signorello | minister2_termstart = 4 March 1980 | minister2_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister2_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of State Holdings | minister1 = Siro Lombardini | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Labour and Social Security | minister1 = Vincenzo Scotti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Cultural and Environmental Heritage | minister1 = Egidio Ariosto | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Democratic Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Tourism and Entertainment | minister1 = Bernardo D'Arezzo | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for the Coordination of Scientific and Technological Research Initiatives ''(without portfolio)'' | minister1 = Vito Scalia | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Public Function ''(without portfolio)'' | minister1 = Massimo Severo Giannini | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for Extraordinary Interventions in the South ''(without portfolio)'' | minister1 = Michele Di Giesi | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Italian Democratic Socialist Party }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for Parliamentary Relations ''(without portfolio)'' | minister1 = Adolfo Sarti | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 14 January 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) | minister2 = Clelio Darida | minister2_termstart = 14 January 1980 | minister2_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister2_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Secretary of the Council of Ministers | minister1 = Piergiorgio Bressani | minister1_termstart = 5 August 1979 | minister1_termend = 4 April 1980 | minister1_party = Christian Democracy (Italy) }} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Italian Governments}} Cossiga 1 Category:1979 establishments in Italy Category:1980 disestablishments in Italy Category:Cabinets established in 1979 Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1980