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Since 1861, 59 men have served as Prime Minister of Italy. The Italian prime minister is the head of the Council of Ministers, which holds effective executive power in the Italian government. The first officeholder was Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, who was sworn in on 23 March 1861 after the unification of Italy. During the monarchy, prime ministers were appointed by the king of Italy, as laid down in the Albertine Statute. From 1925 until the fall of his regime in 1943, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini formally modified the office title to "Head of Government, Prime Minister and Secretary of State". From 1861 to 1946, 30 men served as prime minister, leading 65 governments in total. After the abolition of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946 and the proclamation of the Italian Republic, the office was established by Articles 92 to 96 of the Constitution of Italy. Since 1946, 29 men have assumed the office in 75 years. The current officeholder is Mario Draghi (pictured), who was appointed on 13 February 2021. The longest-serving prime minister in the history of Italy was Mussolini, who ruled the country from 1922 until 1943; the longest-serving prime minister of the Italian Republic is Silvio Berlusconi, who held the position for more than nine years between 1994 and 2011. (Full list...)