Ministero della Difesa

The Cabinet Office of the Ministry of Defence assists the Head of the Cabinet Office in executing the functions set out in Article 2, paragraph 3; it also examines the acts to be submitted for signature by the Minister and by the delegate Undersecretaries of State. Two or more Deputy Heads of the Cabinet Office (of which at least one being a civilian and one performing the functions of Head of the Cabinet Office when required) are appointed by Decree of the Minister upon proposal of the Head of the Cabinet Office.

The Cabinet Office of the Ministry of Defence is organized into different areas, which can be coordinated by the Deputy Heads of the Cabinet Office. To the Cabinet Office belong also the Minister’s Aides-de-camps who are directly answerable to him.