Nicola Zingaretti is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio from March 2013 to November 2022 and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri is an Italian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019. He had previously served as prime minister of Italy from December 2016 to June 2018.
The Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Italy. The party's secretary is Elly Schlein,elected in the 2023 leadership election,while the party's president is Stefano Bonaccini.
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019,having been the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from 2013 to 2018,with a brief interruption in 2017.
The Renziani was a liberal area within the Democratic Party (PD) composed of the followers of Matteo Renzi,party's former national secretary and former Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 to December 2016. This area also took the name of Now! (Adesso!) and Big Bang. In September 2019,Renzi founded his own movement,Italia Viva (IV),exiting from the PD.
Andrea Orlando is an Italian politician who served as minister of labour and social policies from 2021 to 2022 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. From 2013 to 2014 he served as minister of the environment under Enrico Letta and as minister of justice under Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 2014 to 2018. He served as deputy secretary of the Democratic Party between 2019 and 2021.
Giuliano Poletti is an Italian politician. He was appointed minister of labour and social policies on 22 February 2014 by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi,and also served in the cabinet of Paolo Gentiloni.
Maria Elena Boschi,is an Italian lawyer and politician,member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013.
Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and former member of the Chamber of Deputies,who served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018,being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural,Food and Forestry Policies from 22 February 2014 to 13 March 2018,in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017,he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Carlo Calenda is an Italian business executive and politician. On 2 May 2013,he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development in the government of Enrico Letta,and was later confirmed in that post in the cabinet of Letta's successor,Matteo Renzi.
The 2017 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 30 April 2017. The three candidates were Matteo Renzi,former Prime Minister and party secretary until February 2017,Michele Emiliano,President of Apulia,and Andrea Orlando,the Minister of Justice. Renzi was elected by a landslide 70%,and appointed Maurizio Martina as his deputy secretary.
Marco Minniti is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Interior from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Previously,he was one of the most prominent councilors of former Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Massimo D'Alema.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom. "Popular" is a reference to popolarismo,the Italian variety of Christian democracy. The party has been a member of the European People's Party (EPP) since its foundation,having inherited the membership of the NCD.
Claudio De Vincenti is an Italian politician,economist and university professor.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
David Ermini is an Italian lawyer and politician,vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary from 2018 to 2023.
Italia Viva is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019. The party is led by Matteo Renzi,a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD). As of 2021,Italia Viva is a member of the European Democratic Party.
Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019,Amendola was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet.
Francesco Bonifazi is an Italian politician,senator elected with the Democratic Party in the 2018 general elections,before moving on to Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva in 2019.
Cosimo Maria Ferri is an Italian politician and former magistrate. He served as the Undersecretary of State for Justice in the Letta government,the Renzi government,and the Gentiloni government. Since 2018,he has been a member of the Italian Parliament as a deputy for the Democratic Party,and from September 2019,he has represented Italia Viva. He also previously served as a member of the High Council of the Judiciary.
