Alessandro Giuli | |
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Minister of Culture | |
Assumed office 6 September 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
Preceded by | Gennaro Sangiuliano |
President of the MAXXI Foundation | |
In office 12 December 2022 –6 September 2024 | |
Preceded by | Giovanna Melandri |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Rome,Italy | 27 September 1975
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Meridiano Zero (formerly) Youth Front (formerly) |
Spouse | Valeria Falcioni |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome (did not graduate) |
Occupation | Journalist •politician |
Alessandro Giuli (born 27 September 1975) is an Italian journalist and politician who has been Minister of Culture in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 6 September 2024.
Giuli was born in Rome on 27 September 1975. [1] During his youth,he became a member of Meridiano Zero, [2] a far-right and neo-fascist movement. [3] [4] [5] Giuli has a history of youth activism in the far right. [6] He inherited his political beliefs from his father's side of the family,as his paternal grandfather was a staunch supporter of Benito Mussolini's regime and the Republic of Salò. [6] At fourteen,Giuli joined the Youth Front,the youth organization of the Italian Social Movement (MSI),a party nostalgic for fascism and a successor of the Republic of Salò. [6] He also participated in neo-fascist and neo-Nazi movements active in Rome. [6]
Giuli studied philosophy at the La Sapienza University of Rome,without graduating. [1] During those years,he developed a passion for pre-Christian paganism and ancient Italic populations,to which he would later dedicate studies and research with connections to neo-fascist culture,which throughout the 20th century was often inspired by the rituals and imagery of those peoples. [6]
Giuli began his journalistic career in some local newspapers and then moved to Il Foglio ,where he was first appointed deputy director in 2008 and then co-director until 2017. [1] From February to November 2017,he was director of Tempi. [1] He also worked for Linkiesta , Il Tempo ,and Libero . [7] In addition to journalism,Giuli wrote several books,including Il passo delle oche. L'identitàirrisolta dei postfascisti,Individui e potere tra identitàe integrazione,and E viene la Magna Madre:i riti,il culto e l'azione di Cibele Romana,and was a member of the scientific committee of the Leonardo-Civiltàdelle Macchine Foundation and an analyst and consultant for the Med-Or Foundation. [1]
Giuli expanded his career to television entertainment,and collaborated with Corriere dell'Umbria and L'Argonauta on Rai Radio 1. [1] He became a popular face on television between 2019 and 2020 when he was a regular guest on the Patriae show hosted by Annalisa Bruchi on Rai 2. [1] In 2020,alongside Francesca Fagnani,Giuli co-hosted Seconda linea on Rai 2,a show that ended after two episodes. [1] He was also a frequent guest of the Otto e mezzo show hosted by Lilli Gruber on La7. [1]
On 23 November 2022,the Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano appointed him president of the MAXXI Foundation,with effect from 12 December 2022. [8] [9] On 21 June 2023,during the opening of Estate al MAXXI,Vittorio Sgarbi was a guest. On stage,Sgarbi,who at the time was Undersecretary of Culture,while speaking with singer Morgan,made several vulgar and sexist remarks. On 2 July 2023,as the president of the MAXXI Museum,Giuli expressed regret over the controversial intervention by Sgarbi. [10] [11]
On 6 September 2024,following Sangiuliano's resignation,Giuli was appointed as new Minister of Culture. [12] [13] The following day,he made his first appearance in his role as Minister of Culture in the last day of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. [14] [15] [16]
Giuli is married with Valeria Falcioni,a Sky TG24 journalist. [1] Together,they have two children (born in 2016 and 2019). Giuli is fond of wine and is a collector of cigars. [17]
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