, the first non-member of Parliament to serve as prime minister, led a . In a technocratic government, major decisions are not made by elected politicians, and the government policy is not decided by party leaders. The
Constitution of Italy allows non-members of the
Italian Parliament to serve as
prime minister of Italy, as it simply states that the prime minister is appointed by the
president of the Italian Republic and must win a confidence vote in both houses of Parliament within ten days of said appointment. headed the first Italian technocratic government made up only of experts. In some cases, in the aftermath of political turmoil, multiple parties that make up a majority in Parliament agreed to support a neutral
cabinet of experts headed by an independent prime minister, voting in favour of
motions of confidence in the government, which is something similar to a
confidence and supply agreement. Said cabinets of experts were tasked to deal with the crises and emergencies; once the critical situations were deemed to have been solved, the technocratic governments resigned, allowing for new elections to be held and for a prime minister with a direct mandate from the people to take their place. There have been two "governments of experts" in Italian history: the
Dini government and the
Monti government. Some cabinets, such as those of the
Ciampi government (1993–1994) and the
Draghi government (2021–2022), were called "technocratic government" or "government of experts", even though they included elected politicians and senior party members in their makeup. == See also ==