List of prime ministers of Italy by time in office

20 years, 267 days
Benito Mussolini
from 1922 to 1943
10 years, 184 days
Giovanni Giolitti
from 1892 to 1893, 1903 to 1905, 1906 to 1909, 1911 to 1914 and 1920 to 1921
9 years, 54 days
Silvio Berlusconi
from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011
106 days
Luigi Carlo Farini
from 1862 to 1863
81 days
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
in 1861
16 days
Tommaso Tittoni
in 1905

This list of prime ministers of Italy lists each prime minister in order of term length. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.

Alcide De Gasperi is the only prime minister who has held this position both in the Kingdom of Italy and in the Republic of Italy.

Of the 60 prime ministers, 2 have served for more than 10 years (Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Giolitti), 6 have served between 5 and 10 years, 35 have served between 1 and 5 years while 17 have served less than a year in office.

Benito Mussolini is the longest-serving prime minister, serving for over 20 years. The longest-serving Prime Minister of a democratic Italy is Giovanni Giolitti who served over 10 years in office, while the longest-serving Prime Minister of Post-War Italy is Silvio Berlusconi who served over 9 years.

On the other hand, the shortest-serving Prime Minister of Italy is Tommaso Tittoni who served 16 days as an interim leader, while Fernando Tambroni served around four months is the shortest-serving Prime Minister of post-war Italy.


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