The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946,when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was elected to draft a constitution,which was promulgated on 1 January 1948.
The Prime Minister of Italy,officially the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic,commonly referred to in Italy as Presidente del Consiglio or informally as Premier,is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of prime minister is established by Articles 92 through 96 of the Constitution of Italy. The prime minister is appointed by the president of the Republic and must have the confidence of the Italian Parliament to stay in office.
Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014,leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. Since March 2021,Letta has been secretary of the Democratic Party (PD).
Mario Mantovani is an Italian politician.
Mario Draghi is an Italian economist,academic,banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister,he served as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) between 2011 and 2019. Draghi was also Chair of the Financial Stability Board between 2009 and 2011,and Governor of the Bank of Italy between 2006 and 2011.
Bruno Tabacci is an Italian politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the president of the Democratic Centre. In the past,he was member of Christian Democracy and served as the president of Lombardy from 1987 to 1989.
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 was led by Lombards since its foundation.
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician,jurist,academic and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015.
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of President of the Senate,the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic.
Mariastella Gelmini is an Italian politician and attorney. She served as Italian Minister of Education in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet until 16 November 2011. She served as minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies in the Draghi Cabinet from 2021 to 2022.
Sandro Gozi is an Italian politician formerly of the Democratic Party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018 and was elected to the European Parliament in 2019,representing France on the list of Macron's LREM.
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 2018 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.
Gian Marco Centinaio is an Italian politician for the Lega Nord. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Tourism in the Conte Cabinet from 1 June 2018 to September 2019.
Lorenzo Guerini is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party. Guerini has been serving as Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. In March 2014,he was appointed by the Secretary of the Democratic Party,Matteo Renzi,Deputy Secretary along with Debora Serracchiani,a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012 he served as Mayor of Lodi,his hometown.
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.
The Conte I Cabinet was the 65th cabinet 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.
Maurizio Fugatti is an Italian politician from the League party. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies 2006–2013 and again 2018–2019. He has been President of the Autonomous Province of Trentino since 2 November 2018.
Laura Castelli is an Italian politician.
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 and,while sharing the latter's heartland in northern Italy,it is active all around the country.
The Draghi Cabinet was the 67th Cabinet of the Italian Republic,the first led by former President of the European Central Bank,Mario Draghi. It has been in office since 13 February 2021.
