The Five Star Movement is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte,who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The party was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo,a political activist and comedian,and Gianroberto Casaleggio,a web strategist,and is primarily described as populist of the syncretic kind,due to its members' insistence that it has no place in the left–right political spectrum. The party is a proponent of green politics,direct democracy and,broadly,progressivism.
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.
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.
Roberto Fico is an Italian politician and member of the Five Star Movement. He served as the Chairman of the RAI Supervision Commission from 2013 to 2018 and President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022.
Luciano Faraguti was an Italian politician.
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.
Riccardo Fraccaro is an Italian politician,who served in the government of Italy as Minister for Parliamentary Relations and Direct Democracy in Giuseppe Conte's first cabinet.
Massimo Garavaglia is an Italian politician who served as Minister of Tourism in the Draghi Cabinet.
Vincenzo Spadafora is an Italian politician. A member of Together for the Future (IpF) and a former member of the Five Star Movement (M5S),he served as Minister for Youth Policies in the Conte government between 2019 and 2021.
The second Conte government was the 66th government of the Italian Republic and the second government led by Giuseppe Conte. The government was sworn in on 5 September 2019 to 13 February 2021.
The 2021 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that began in January 2021 and ended the following month. It includes the events that follow the announcement of Matteo Renzi,leader of Italia Viva (IV) and former Prime Minister,that he would revoke IV's support to the Government of Giuseppe Conte.
The Draghi government was the 67th government of the Italian Republic,led by former President of the European Central Bank,Mario Draghi. It was in office between 13 February 2021 and 22 October 2022.
Alternativa is a populist and Eurosceptic political party in Italy. It was established in February 2021 as a parliamentary sub-group of the Mixed Group named L'Alternativa c'è. Its members are former deputies of the Five Star Movement who were expelled from the party for having voted against Mario Draghi's government.
One by-election was held in Italy in 2022.
Alessandro Amitrano is an Italian politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic. During his tenure,he held the position of secretary within the Chamber of Deputies. He was initially elected as a member of the 5 Star Movement and later joined the Together for the Future party in 2022 after Luigi Di Maio's split.
Federica Daga is an Italian politician. She served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the 17th and 18th legislatures of the Italian Republic. Initially elected as a representative of the 5 Star Movement,she later joined the Together for the Future party in 2022 following Luigi Di Maio's split.
Giovanni Luca Aresta is an Italian politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic. Initially elected as a representative of the 5 Star Movement,he later joined the Together for the Future party in 2022 following Luigi Di Maio's split.
Marialuisa Faro is an Italian politician and a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the XVIII legislature of the Italian Republic representing the Five Star Movement.
Gaetano Nastri is an Italian politician.
