Matteo Richetti | |
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Spokesman of the Democratic Party | |
In office 7 May 2017 –14 July 2018 | |
Preceded by | Lorenzo Guerini |
Succeeded by | Marianna Madia |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Emilia-Romagna |
In office 15 May 2013 –22 March 2018 | |
Constituency | Emilia-Romagna |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 23 March 2018 –13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Emilia-Romagna |
Personal details | |
Born | Sassuolo,Italy | 3 August 1974
Political party | The Daisy (2003–2007) Democratic Party (2007–2019) Action (since 2019) |
Profession | Journalist |
Matteo Richetti (born 3 August 1974) is an Italian politician,a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and former spokesman of the Democratic Party. [1]
Matteo Richetti was born in Sassuolo,Modena in 1974. He started his interest in politics when he attended the lyceum.
In 2003 he became a member of the Christian leftist The Daisy party;in 2007 he joined the Democratic Party. [2]
During 2010s he became a close advisor of Matteo Renzi,former mayor of Florence and Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. In 2017 Renzi appointed Richetti spokesman of the Democratic Party. [3]
On 8 April 2018,Richetti launched his reformist faction Harambee and announced his intention to run as next secretary of the Democratic Party. [4] [5]
On 10 September 2019,Richetti announced his abstention regarding the investiture vote of the new government between PD and the Five Star Movement,and his subsequent exit from the party. [6] On the same day,he stated that he would join Carlo Calenda's movement,Action. [7]