Boselli government

Boselli government
51st Cabinet of Italy
Date established	18 June 1916
Date dissolved	30 October 1917
Leadership and composition
Head of state	Victor Emmanuel III
Head of government	Paolo Boselli
Total no. of members	16
Member party	PL, PRI, UECI, PSRI
Status in legislature	National unity government
Formation and history
Predecessor	Second Salandra government
Successor	Orlando government

The Boselli government of the Kingdom of Italy held office from 18 June 1916 until 30 October 1917, a total of 499 days, or 1 year, 4 months, and 12 days. It was a national unity government, composed of the Liberal Party (PL), the Italian Radical Party (PRI), the Italian Catholic Electoral Union (UECI), and the Italian Reformist Socialist Party (PSI), that dealt with World War I following the Italian entry into World War I in 1915 and the early spread of the Spanish flu that officially became pandemic in 1918. As the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) had largely remained at the opposition and only at times gave external support at most, the Boselli government was notable for the first participation of part of the socialists through the PSRI.

Government parties

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Liberals	Liberalism	Giovanni Giolitti
	Italian Radical Party	Radicalism	Ettore Sacchi
	Italian Catholic Electoral Union	Christian democracy	Ottorino Gentiloni
	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	Social democracy	Leonida Bissolati

Composition

Office	Name	Party		Term
Prime Minister	Paolo Boselli		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of the Interior	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Sidney Sonnino		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of Grace and Justice	Ettore Sacchi		Radical	(1916–1917)
Minister of Finance	Filippo Meda		Catholic Union	(1916–1917)
Minister of Treasury	Paolo Carcano		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of War	Paolo Morrone		Military	(1916–1917)
	Gaetano Giardino		Military	(1917–1917)
Minister of the Navy	Camillo Corsi		Military	(1916–1917)
	Arturo Triangi di Maderno e Laces		Military	(1917–1917)
	Alberto del Bono		Military	(1917–1917)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Giuseppe De Nava		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of Public Works	Ivanoe Bonomi		Reformist Socialist	(1916–1917)
Minister of Maritime and Rails Transport	Enrico Arlotta		Liberal	(1916–1917)
	Ivanoe Bonomi		Reformist Socialist	(1917–1917)
	Riccardo Bianchi		Independent	(1917–1917)
Minister of Agriculture	Giovanni Raineri		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of Public Education	Francesco Ruffini		Independent	(1916–1917)
Minister of the Colonies	Gaspare Colosimo		Liberal	(1916–1917)
Minister of Post and Telegraphs	Luigi Fera		Independent	(1916–1917)
Minister for Weapons and Ammunitions	Alfredo Dallolio		Military	(1917–1917)
Minister of Military Assistance and War Pensions	Leonida Bissolati		Reformist Socialist	(1916–1917)