De Gasperi IV Cabinet
The Cabinet De Gasperi IV ruled Italy from 1 June 1947 to 23 May 1948. Previously ruled the Cabinet De Gasperi III, and then the Cabinet De Gasperi V. The government of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi was supported by the following parties in the Constituent Assembly:
- Christian Democracy (DC)
- Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani ( PSLI )
- Partito Repubblicano Italiano ( PRI)
- Partito Liberal Italiano ( PLI)
On January 1, 1948, the new Constitution of the Republic of Italy came into force, which had been drafted by the Constituent Assembly. On the basis of the new Constitution were held on 18 April 1948, the first regular elections of the Republic, who won the Christian De Gasperi. The newly constituted Parliament elected on May 12, Luigi Einaudi for the first Italian President. The resignation of De Gasperi was a mere formality. His next fifth cabinet remained almost unchanged.