National
Deputy President of the Council of Ministers
- Italian: Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
- Exact method
- Appointed as a minister by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the President of the Council (Art. 92); the Deputy President role is conferred within the Council of Ministers.
- Chosen by
- President of the Italian Republic
- Seats
- 2
Who holds these seats now
- Antonio Tajani FI since October 2022 Report Source: governo.it, checked
- Matteo Salvini since October 2022 Report Source: governo.it, checked
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral law), read 2026-10-12: offices, seat counts and selection methods. Ministerial portfolios from https://www.governo.it/it/ministri-e-sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12. For: Deputy President of the Council of Ministers
- governo.it · checked Italian names of bodies and ministerial offices from governo.it, camera.it, senato.it and the Costituzione, read 2026-10-12. For: Deputy President of the Council of Ministers in Italian
- governo.it · checked Presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Ministri e sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12: current ministers (after the March-April 2026 departures of Santanche, Tourism now Mazzi). Start dates from Wikidata P580 (2022-10-22 Meloni government; Giuli 2024-09-06; Mazzi 2026-04-03), not from the official site. Mattarella 2022-02-03 and Amoroso 2025-01-21 from Quirinale / Corte costituzionale press release https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/documenti/comunicatistampa/CC_CS_20250121110918.pdf. Presidents of the Chambers: Wikidata (Fontana 2022-10-14; La Russa 2022-10-13, not re-verified against an official page). Fallback: Wikidata, because senato.it and cortecostituzionale.it served 403/404 to automated fetchers. For: Antonio Tajani, current term, Matteo Salvini, current term