Zoli Cabinet
12th Cabinet of Italy
Date formed	20 May 1957
Date dissolved	2 July 1958
People and organisations
Head of state	Giovanni Gronchi
Head of government	Adone Zoli
Total no. of members	20
Member parties	DC External support: MSI, PSDI, PLI, PMP, PNM, PRI
Status in legislature	One-party government
Opposition parties	PCI, PSI
History
Outgoing election	1958 election
Legislature term(s)	Legislature II (1953–1958)
Predecessor	Segni I Cabinet
Successor	Fanfani II Cabinet

The Zoli Cabinet was the 12th cabinet of the Italian Republic, which held office from 20 May 1957 to 2 July 1958, for a total of 408 days, or 1 year, 1 months and 12 days.^[1]

The government obtained the confidence in the Senate on 4 June 1957, with 132 votes in favor and 93 against, and in the Chamber of Deputies on 7 June, with 560 votes in favor, 305 against and 11 abstentions.^[2]

This cabinet was the first one who has been supported by the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement; but Zoli, a strong anti-fascist, resigned the post of Prime Minister soon after it became clear that he would have needed to rely on the votes of the neo-fascists to form a majority in the Parliament. He was then convinced by President of the Republic, Giovanni Gronchi, to remain in the post until the natural dissolution of the Italian Parliament in 1958.

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