Prime Minister of Italy

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Prime Minister of Italy (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri, literally translated "President of the Council of Ministers") is Italy's head of government. According to the formal Italian order of precedence, the position of prime minister is ceremonially the fourth most important Italian state office; however, in reality, the prime minister is the most powerful and thus truly most important person in the Italian government. This situation can mirror the position of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and indeed that of most other prime ministers, but Italian PM is weaker than the major part of his colleagues: he can't ask for the dissolution of Parliament, he can't dismiss his ministers and, for the large majority of his political activity, he must receive the vote of his Council of Ministers, which holds the effective Executive Power.