Colombo Cabinet
26th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	6 August 1970  ( 1970-08-06 )
Date dissolved	18 February 1972  ( 1972-02-18 )
People and organisations
Head of state	Giuseppe Saragat Giovanni Leone
Head of government	Emilio Colombo
Member parties	DC , PSI , PSDI , PRI
Status in legislature	Coalition government Organic Centre-left
Opposition parties	PCI , PLI , MSI , PSIUP , PDIUM
History
Legislature term	V Legislature (1968?1972)
Predecessor	Rumor III Cabinet
Successor	Andreotti I Cabinet

The Colombo Cabinet was the 26th cabinet of the Italian Republic . It held office from 6 August 1970 to 18 February 1972, for a total of 561 days (1 year, 6 months and 12 days).

Colombo resigned on 15 January 1972, following the withdrawal of support from the PRI, which was contrary to the government's economic policy. ^[1]

Party breakdown [ edit ]

• Christian Democracy (DC): prime minister, 15 ministers, 33 undersecretaries
• Italian Socialist Party (PSI): deputy prime minister, 5 ministers, 14 undersecretaries
• Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI): 4 ministers, 9 undersecretaries
• Italian Republican Party (PRI): 1 minister, 2 undersecretaries

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