List of nicknames of prime ministers of Italy
# 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.

## List of nicknames

### 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

Fulle name: Francesco Cossiga

* Koiga
* 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

* The Lawyer of the People (L'avvocato del popolo)
* Giuseppi

### Mario Draghi

Full name: Mario Draghi

* Super Mario
