List of nicknames of prime ministers of Italy

This is a list of nicknames of prime ministers of Italy. Many prime ministers have had a nickname which was in common usage at the time they were in office. Many nicknames can be perceived as disparaging although others are complimentary or affectionate.

Camillo Benso di Cavour
Full name: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
 * The Great Weaver (Il Gran Tessitore)

Bettino Ricasoli
Full name: Bettino Ricasoli
 * Iron Baron (Barone di Ferro)

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Full name: Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
 * Bomber of the People (Cannoneggiatore del Popolo)

Agostino Depretis
Full name: Agostino Depretis
 * Janus Bifrons (Giano Bifronte)
 * Chameleon (Camaleonte)

Francesco Crispi
Full name: Francesco Crispi
 * The Loner (Il Solitario)

Giovanni Giolitti
Full name: Giovanni Giolitti
 * Minister of Underworld (Ministro della Malavita)
 * The Man of Dronero (L'Uomo di Dronero)

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Full name: Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
 * The President of Victory (Il Presidente della Vittoria)

Benito Mussolini
Full name: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
 * Bald Head (Crapa Pelada, in Lombard language)
 * The Jaw (Il Mascella)
 * He (Lui)
 * The Stinker (Er puzzone, in Romanesco dialect)

Alcide De Gasperi
Full name: Alcide De Gasperi
 * Cold polenta (Polenta fredda)

Amintore Fanfani
Full name: Amintore Fanfani
 * Purebred Horse (Cavallo di Razza)
 * Pony
 * There he is again (Rieccolo)

Mario Scelba
Full name: Mario Scelba
 * Iron Sicilian (Siciliano di Ferro)

Aldo Moro
Full name: Aldo Moro
 * Doctor Divago (Dottor Divago) – A pun about Doctor Zhivago.
 * Purebred Horse (Cavallo di Razza)

Mariano Rumor
Full name: Mariano Rumor
 * Pious Mariano (Pio Mariano)

Giulio Andreotti
Full name: Giulio Andreotti
 * Divus Julius (Divo Giulio)
 * The Hunchback (Il Gobbo)
 * Beelzebub (Belzebù)
 * Uncle Giulio (Zio Giulio)
 * The Sphinx (La Sfinge)
 * The Black Pope (Il Papa Nero)
 * The Fox (La Volpe)
 * Moloch

Francesco Cossiga
Full name: Francesco Cossiga
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 * The Pickaxe-wielder (Il Picconatore)

Arnaldo Forlani
Full name: Arnaldo Forlani
 * Evil Rabbit (Coniglio Mannaro)
 * The Firefighter (Il Pompiere)

Bettino Craxi
Full name: Benedetto Craxi
 * The Big Boar (Il Cinghialone)

Giuliano Amato
Full name: Giuliano Amato
 * Doctor Subtilis (Dottor Sottile)

Silvio Berlusconi
Full name: Silvio Berlusconi
 * The Knight (Il Cavaliere)
 * The Caiman (Il Caimano)
 * Daddy (Papi)
 * His Broadcasting (Sua Emittenza) – A pun about Sua Eminenza, "His Eminence".
 * The Dwarf (Il Nano)
 * Berlusca
 * B.

Lamberto Dini
Full name: Lamberto Dini
 * The Toad (Il Rospo)

Romano Prodi
Full name: Romano Prodi
 * The Professor (Il Professore)
 * Mortadella

Massimo D'Alema
Full name: Massimo D'Alema
 * Little moustache (Baffino)
 * Leader Maximo

Mario Monti
Full name: Mario Monti
 * Rigor Montis

Matteo Renzi
Full name: Matteo Renzi
 * The Scrapper (Il Rottamatore)
 * The Bomb (Il Bomba)
 * Renzie
 * Renzusconi

Paolo Gentiloni
Full name: Paolo Gentiloni Silveri
 * Paolo The Calm (Paolo il Calmo)
 * The Slow-mover (Er moviola)
 * The Un-populist (L'impopulista)

Giuseppe Conte
Full name: Giuseppe Conte Full name: Mario Draghi
 * The Lawyer of the People (L'avvocato del popolo)

Mario Draghi
Full name: Mario Draghi
 * Super Mario

Giorgia Meloni
Full name: Giorgia Meloni
 * Giorgia