Lega Nord,whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania,is a right-wing,federalist,populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election,the party was rebranded as Lega,without changing its official name. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding,and informally as the Carroccio. The party's latest elected leader was Matteo Salvini.
Matteo Salvini is an Italian politician who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been Federal Secretary of Italy's Lega Nord party since December 2013 and an Italian senator since March 2018. Salvini represented Northwestern Italy in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2018.
Lega Toscana,whose complete name is Lega Toscana per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Tuscany. Established in 1987,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Tuscany since 2020.
Liga Veneta,whose complete name is Liga Veneta per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Veneto.
Giancarlo Giorgetti is an Italian politician and prominent member of the League,of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022,Giorgetti has served as Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of Giorgia Meloni. Previously,he was Secretary of the Council of Ministers from June 2018 until September 2019,in the government of Giuseppe Conte and later Minister of Economic Development from February 2021 until October 2022,in the government of Mario Draghi.
Lega Lombarda,whose complete name is Lega Lombarda per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Established in 1984,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Lombardy since 2020. Along with Liga Veneta,the LL has formed the bulk of the federal party (LN/LSP),which has been led by Lombards since its foundation.
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician,statesman,jurist,academic,and lawyer who is currently serving as the 12th president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 2023,Mattarella has been the only living Italian president.
Lega Piemonte,whose complete name is Lega Piemonte per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Piedmont. Established in 1987,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Piedmont since 2020.
Lega Romagna,whose complete name is Lega Romagna per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Romagna,part of Emilia-Romagna region. The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2020,and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Romagna since 2020.
Lorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega),who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022.
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections. No party or coalition gained an absolute majority in the parliament,even though the centre-right coalition won a plurality of seats as a coalition,and the Five Star Movement (M5S) won a plurality of seats as an individual party.
Luigi Di Maio is an Italian politician who has been serving as EU Special Representative for the Gulf region since 1 June 2023. Di Maio also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2022,as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic Development,Labour and Social Policies from 2018 to 2019,and as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies in the 17th Italian legislature.
Us with Salvini was a populist political party in Italy. The party,founded by Matteo Salvini on 19 December 2014,was the sister party of Lega Nord (LN) for southern Italy,Lazio,and Sardinia.
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist,academic,and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
The first Conte government was the 65th government of the Italian Republic. It was led by Giuseppe Conte,an independent,and it was in office from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019.
Carlo Cottarelli is an Italian economist and former director of the International Monetary Fund.
Susanna Ceccardi is an Italian politician. In May 2019,she was elected to the European Parliament. She served as mayor of Cascina from June 2016 to June 2019.
Alberto Bagnai is an Italian politician and economist.
The 2019 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that occurred between August and September 2019. It includes the events that follow the announcement of the Minister of the Interior and leader of the League,Matteo Salvini,that he would revoke League's support of the cabinet and ask the President of the Republic to call a snap election. This provoked the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,and resulted in the formation of a new cabinet led by Conte himself.
Lega,whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier,is a right-wing populist political party in Italy,led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord.
