Giancarlo Giorgetti | |
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Minister of Economy and Finance | |
Assumed office 22 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
Preceded by | Daniele Franco |
Minister of Economic Development | |
In office 13 February 2021 –22 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Mario Draghi |
Preceded by | Stefano Patuanelli |
Succeeded by | Adolfo Urso |
Secretary of the Council of Ministers | |
In office 1 June 2018 –5 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Giuseppe Conte |
Preceded by | Maria Elena Boschi |
Succeeded by | Riccardo Fraccaro |
Deputy Federal Secretary of the League | |
Assumed office 26 February 2016 | |
Secretary | Matteo Salvini |
Preceded by | Edoardo Rixi Riccardo Molinari |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 9 May 1996 | |
Constituency | Lombardy |
Mayor of Cazzago Brabbia | |
In office 23 April 1995 –12 June 2004 | |
Preceded by | Enrico Simonetta |
Succeeded by | Massimo Nicora |
Personal details | |
Born | Cazzago Brabbia,Varese,Italy | 16 December 1966
Political party | MSI (1984–1990) League (since 1990) |
Spouse | Laura Ferrari |
Children | 1 |
Education | Bocconi University |
Occupation | Tax advisor |
Giancarlo Giorgetti (born 16 December 1966) 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.
Giorgetti was born in 1966 in Cazzago Brabbia,a small town in the Province of Varese. He later graduated in business economics at the Bocconi University,becoming a tax advisor and financial auditor.
During the university he was close to the Youth Front,the youth-wing of the nationalist Italian Social Movement (MSI). [1] However,in the early 1990s,he joined Lega Lombarda and Lega Nord ,the separatist movements founded by Umberto Bossi,and on 23 April 1995 he was elected mayor of his hometown,Cazzago Brabbia,a position that he held until 12 June 2004. [2]
Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in 1996 Italian general election,he was re-elected in 2001,2006,2008,2013 and 2018. From 2001 to 2006,he was the chairman of the Budget Committee in the Chamber. Within the party,he was national secretary of Lega Lombarda from 2002 to 2012 and has been deputy federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2016.
Giorgetti was described by The New York Times as a powerful aide to Umberto Bossi, [3] founder and federal secretary of Lega Nord from 1991 to 2012;and by The Economist as his "dauphin". [4] In 2010, The Guardian described him as an "influential member of Berlusconi's Lega Nord party", [5] where Berlusconi stood erroneously for Bossi. Under Matteo Salvini,Bossi's opponent and new federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2013,Giorgetti continued to be one of the most influential members of the party. [6]
Giorgetti is a federalist and regionalist politician who supports decentralization. Speaking at the 2018 edition of the Communion and Liberation's Rimini Meeting on 20 August 2018,he addressed the rise of populism,stating that "the Italian Parliament doesn't matter anymore because it's no longer understood by citizens,who see it as a place of political inconclusiveness". [7] In 2006,Giorgetti found himself at the center of a controversy for having refused in 2004 a 50–100,000 euro bribe from Italian banker Gianpiero Fiorani. [8] [9]
Giorgetti is a vocal supporter of a first-past-the-post based electoral system and pushes for a return to the Italian electoral law of 1993 (Mattarellum),although it was repealed in favor of the Italian electoral law of 2005 (Porcellum,subsequently declared unconstitutional) with Lega Nord's support. [10] In 2020,Giorgetti argued that Italy needs an electoral system that "makes possible to govern. Of all the electoral systems I've known,the one that worked best is Mattarellum",saying that "local mayors,entrepreneurs,professionals and people representing their own territory were brought into nationwide politics thanks to FPTP's single-member districts mechanism".[ citation needed ]
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 –Sesto Calende | LN | 29,314 | Elected | |
2001 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 –Sesto Calende | LN | 41,184 | Elected | |
2006 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 1 | LN | – [lower-alpha 1] | Elected | |
2008 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 1 | LN | – [lower-alpha 1] | Elected | |
2013 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 | LN | – [lower-alpha 1] | Elected | |
2018 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 | Lega | – [lower-alpha 1] | Elected | |
2022 | Chamber of Deputies | Lombardy 2 –Sondrio | Lega | 108,138 | Elected | |
1996 general election (C): Lombardy 2 — Sesto Calende | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition | Votes | % | |
Giancarlo Giorgetti | Lega Nord | 29,314 | 37.8 | |
Renato Montalbetti | The Olive Tree | 27,783 | 30.7 | |
Carlo Castiglioni | Pole for Freedoms | 22,633 | 29.2 | |
Others | 1,844 | 2.4 | ||
Total | 77,574 | 100.0 |
2001 general election (C): Lombardy 2 — Sesto Calende | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition | Votes | % | |
Giancarlo Giorgetti | House of Freedoms | 41,184 | 54.5 | |
Renato Montalbetti | The Olive Tree | 28,363 | 37.5 | |
Others | 6,042 | 8.0 | ||
Total | 75,589 | 100.0 |
2022 general election (C): Lombardy 2 — Sondrio | ||||
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Candidate | Coalition | Votes | % | |
Giancarlo Giorgetti | Centre-right | 108,138 | 61.8 | |
Valeria Caterina Duico | Centre-left | 34,596 | 19.8 | |
Alessandro Stefano Bertolini | Action - Italia Viva | 14,949 | 8.5 | |
Luca Sangalli | Five Star Movement | 8,535 | 4.9 | |
Others | 8,375 | 5.0 | ||
Total | 174,829 | 100.0 |
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"As a member of the league, I should say that I want to vote tomorrow," said Giancarlo Giorgetti, the chairman of the Lower House budget committee and one of Mr. Bossi's most powerful deputies.
Two years ago, Mr Bossi called Giancarlo Giorgetti, the 37-year-old secretary of the Lombard League, the original core of the party, his "dauphin".
It is strongly possible that the contact was made on the recommendation of Giancarlo Giorgetti, an influential member of Berlusconi's Northern League party who just so happens to be a massive Saints fan.