Editing Politics of Italy (section)

===Executive branch ===
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[[File:Giorgia Meloni Official 2023 crop.jpg|thumbnail|right|180px|[[Giorgia Meloni]], [[List of prime ministers of Italy|prime minister]] since 22 October 2022]]

The [[Constitution of Italy#The Government .28Articles 92-100.29|Constitution]] establishes the Government of [[Italy]] as composed of the president of the council ([[Prime Minister of Italy]]) and ministers. The [[President of Italy]] appoints the prime minister and, on their proposal, the ministers that form its [[Cabinet of Italy|cabinet]].<ref name="ItaConst"/>

The [[Prime Minister of Italy]], officially the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic,<ref>{{cite web|title=Interoffice memorandum: Change of name of country|url=http://unterm.un.org/dgaacs/unterm.nsf/c2f5f1ea9d52ce7485256dc5006e5940/a7c582eab561fa3f852573b600767fad/$FILE/Italy.pdf|publisher=United Nations Secretariat|access-date=28 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003523/http://unterm.un.org/dgaacs/unterm.nsf/c2f5f1ea9d52ce7485256dc5006e5940/a7c582eab561fa3f852573b600767fad/$FILE/Italy.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the [[head of government]] of the [[Italy|Italian Republic]]. The Prime Minister of Italy must have the confidence of the [[Italian Parliament]] to stay in office. The Prime Minister of Italy is the president of the [[Council of Ministers of Italy|Council of Ministers]] which holds executive power and the position is similar to those in most other [[parliamentary system]]s. The formal [[Italian order of precedence]] lists the office as being, ceremonially, the fourth-highest Italian state office after the president and the heads of the legislative chambers.

The [[Council of Ministers (Italy)|Council of Ministers]] is the principal executive organ of the [[Government of Italy]]. It comprises the President of the council (the [[Prime Minister of Italy]]), all the [[Minister (government)|ministers]], and the undersecretary to the President of the council. Deputy ministers ({{langx|it|viceministri}}) and junior ministers ({{langx|it|sottosegretari}}) are part of the government, but are not members of the Council of Ministers.