Second Prodi government

Prodi II Cabinet
59th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	17 May 2006 (2006-05-17)
Date dissolved	8 May 2008 (2008-05-08) (723 days)
People and organisations
Head of state	Giorgio Napolitano
Head of government	Romano Prodi
No. of ministers	26 (incl. Prime Minister)
Ministers removed	1 resigned
Total no. of members	27 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member party	The Union (DS, DL, PRC, RNP, IdV, PdCI, FdV, UDEUR)
Status in legislature	Centre-left coalition
Opposition parties	House of Freedoms (FI, AN, UDC, LN)
Opposition leader	Silvio Berlusconi
History
Election	2006 election
Outgoing election	2008 election
Legislature term	XV Legislature (2006 – 2008)
Predecessor	Berlusconi III Cabinet
Successor	Berlusconi IV Cabinet

The second Prodi government was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008, a total of 722 days, or 1 year, 11 months and 21 days. The 59th cabinet of the Italian Republic, it was the only cabinet of the XV Legislature.

It was composed of 24 ministers, 10 deputy-ministers and 66 under-secretaries, for a total of 102 members.^[1]

This was the first government of the Republic in which the Communist Refoundation Party and the Italian Radicals participated directly, and the first government supported by the entire parliamentary left wing since the De Gasperi III Cabinet in 1947.