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Second Amato government
56th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	26 April 2000 (2000-04-26)
Date dissolved	11 June 2001 (2001-06-11) (412 days)
People and organisations
Head of state	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Head of government	Giuliano Amato
No. of ministers	25 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member parties	DS, PPI, Dem, FdV, PdCI, UDEUR, RI, SDI
Status in legislature	Centre-left coalition
Opposition parties	FI, LN, AN, PRC, CCD, CDU
Opposition leader	Silvio Berlusconi
History
Outgoing election	2001 election
Legislature term	XIII Legislature (1996 – 2001)
Predecessor	Second D'Alema government
Successor	Second Berlusconi government

The second Amato government was the 56th government of the Italian Republic, the fourth and last government of the XIII Legislature. It held office from 26 April 2000 to 11 June 2001, a total of 412 days, or 1 year, 1 month and 17 days.

The government obtained the confidence of the Chamber of Deputies on 28 April 2000 with 319 votes in favour and 298 against., and the confidence of the Senate on 3 May 2000 with 179 votes in favour, 112 against and 2 abstentions.

Amato resigned on 31 May 2001, at the end of the legislature.

Party breakdown

Ministers

Ministers and other members

• Independents: Prime minister, 2 ministers and 3 undersecretaries
• Democrats of the Left (DS): 7 ministers and 19 undersecretaries
• Italian People’s Party (PPI): 5 ministers and 12 undersecretaries
• The Democrats (Dem): 3 ministers and 7 undersecretaries
• Federation of the Greens (FdV): 2 ministers and 2 undersecretaries
• Party of Italian Communists (PdCI): 2 ministers and 2 undersecretaries
• Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEur): 1 minister and 5 undersecretaries
• Italian Renewal (RI): 1 minister and 4 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI): 1 minister and 2 undersecretaries

Composition

Portrait	Office	Name	Term	Party		Undersecretaries
	Prime Minister	Giuliano Amato	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	Enrico Luigi Micheli (PPI) Gianclaudio Bressa (PPI) Vannino Chiti (DS)
	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Lamberto Dini	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian Renewal	Franco Danieli (Dem) Umberto Ranieri (DS) Rino Serri (DS) Ugo Intini (SDI)
	Minister of the Interior	Enzo Bianco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	Aniello Di Nardo (Dem) Massimo Brutti (DS) Gian Franco Schietroma (SDI) Severino Lavagnini (PPI)
	Minister of Justice	Piero Fassino	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Franco Corleone (FdV) Marianna Li Calzi (RI) Rocco Maggi (Dem)
	Minister of Treasury, Budget and Economic Planning	Vincenzo Visco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Dino Piero Giarda (Ind.) Gianfranco Morgando (PPI) Santino Pagano (UDEUR) Bruno Solaroli (DS)
	Minister of Finance	Ottaviano Del Turco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian Democratic Socialists	Natale D'Amico (RI) Alfiero Grandi (DS) Armando Veneto (PPI) (until 9 Feb. 2001)
	Minister of Defense	Sergio Mattarella	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	Gianni Rivera (Dem) Marco Minniti (DS) Massimo Ostillio (UDEUR)
	Minister of Public Education	Tullio De Mauro	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	Giuseppe Gambale (Dem) Silvia Barbieri (DS) Giovanni Manzini (PPI) Carla Rocchi (FdV) (until 4 Aug. 2000)
	Minister of Public Works	Nerio Nesi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Party of Italian Communists	Antonio Bargone (Ind.) Antonino Mangiacavallo (RI) (since 4 Aug. 2000) Domenico Romano Carratelli (PPI) (since 28 Dic. 2000) Salvatore Ladu (PPI) (until 28 Dic. 2000)
	Minister of Agricultural and Forestry Policies	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Federation of the Greens	Roberto Borroni (DS) Luigi Nocera (UDEUR)
	Minister of Transport and Navigation	Pier Luigi Bersani	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Giordano Angelini (DS) Luca Danese (UDEUR) Mario Occhipinti (Dem)
	Minister of Communications	Salvatore Cardinale	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	Michele Lauria (PPI) Vincenzo Maria Vita (DS)
	Minister of Industry, Commerce, Craftsmanship and Foreign Trade	Enrico Letta	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	Cesare De Piccoli (DS) Stefano Passigli (DS) Mauro Fabris (UDEUR)
	Minister of Health	Umberto Veronesi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Independent	Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli (RI) Grazia Labate (DS) Carla Rocchi (FdV) (since 4 Aug. 2000)
	Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities	Giovanna Melandri	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Giampaolo D'Andrea (PPI) Carlo Carli (DS)
	Minister of Labour and Social Security	Cesare Salvi	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Paolo Guerrini (PdCI) Raffaele Morese (Ind.) Ornella Piloni (DS)
	Minister of the Environment	Willer Bordon	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	Valerio Calzolaio (DS) Nicola Fusillo (PPI)
	Minister of University and Scientific and Technological Research	Ortensio Zecchino	26 April 2000 – 2 February 2001		Italian People's Party	Antonino Cuffaro (PdCI) Luciano Guerzoni (DS) Vincenzo Sica (Dem)
		Giuliano Amato (ad interim)	2 February 2001 – 11 June 2001		Independent
	Minister for Institutional Reforms (without portfolio)	Antonio Maccanico	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		The Democrats	Dario Franceschini (PPI)
	Minister for Equal Opportunities (without portfolio)	Katia Bellillo	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Party of Italian Communists
	Minister of Regional Affairs (without portfolio)	Agazio Loiero	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Union of Democrats for Europe
	Minister for Parliamentary Relations (without portfolio)	Patrizia Toia	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Italian People's Party	Elena Montecchi (DS)
	Minister of Public Function (without portfolio)	Franco Bassanini	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left	Dario Franceschini (PPI) Gianclaudio Bressa (PPI) Raffaele Cananzi (PPI)
	Minister of Social Security (without portfolio)	Livia Turco	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Democrats of the Left
	Minister of Community Policies (without portfolio)	Gianni Francesco Mattioli	26 April 2000 – 11 June 2001		Federation of the Greens

1. Delegated to special autonomies and linguistic minorities.
2. Delegated to information and publishing.

Notes

1. Camera dei Deputati - XIII Legislatura - Seduta n. 714
2. Senato della Repubblica - XIII Legislatura - Seduta n. 829
3. Camera dei Deputati - XIV Legislatura - Seduta n. 2

v t e Amato II Cabinet (2000–2001)
Loiero Bassanini Bellillo Mattioli Maccanico Toia Turco Dini Bianco Fassino Visco Del Turco Letta De Mauro Salvi Pecoraro Scanio Mattarella Bordon Bersani Nesi Veronesi Cardinale Zecchino Melandri

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Constituent Assembly (1946–1948)	De Gasperi II De Gasperi III De Gasperi IV
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Legislature II (1953–1958)	De Gasperi VIII Pella Fanfani I Scelba Segni I Zoli
Legislature III (1958–1963)	Fanfani II Segni II Tambroni Fanfani III Fanfani IV
Legislature IV (1963–1968)	Leone I Moro I Moro II Moro III
Legislature V (1968–1972)	Leone II Rumor I Rumor II Rumor III Colombo Andreotti I
Legislature VI (1972–1976)	Andreotti II Rumor IV Rumor V Moro IV Moro V
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Legislature VIII (1979–1983)	Cossiga I Cossiga II Forlani Spadolini I Spadolini II Fanfani V
Legislature IX (1983–1987)	Craxi I Craxi II Fanfani VI
Legislature X (1987–1992)	Goria De Mita Andreotti VI Andreotti VII
Legislature XI (1992–1994)	Amato I Ciampi
Legislature XII (1994–1996)	Berlusconi I Dini
Legislature XIII (1996–2001)	Prodi I D'Alema I D'Alema II Amato II
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