The Five Star Movement is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte,Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo,a comedian and blogger,and Gianroberto Casaleggio,a web strategist. From 2014 to 2017,it was a member of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament,along with the UK Independence Party and minor Eurosceptic parties. In January 2017,M5S members voted in favour of Grillo's proposal to join the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group but the party was eventually refused,and has since sat as Non-Inscrits in the European Parliament.
Lorenzo Fontana is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega),who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022.
The 2013 Italian general election was held on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Italian Parliament. The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good,led by the Democratic Party (PD),obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies thanks to a majority bonus that effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force and narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the popular vote. Close behind,the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force,well ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate,no political group or party won an outright majority,resulting in a hung parliament.
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections. No party or coalition gained an absolute majority in the parliament,even though the centre-right coalition won a plurality of seats as a coalition,and the Five Star Movement (M5S) won a plurality of seats as an individual party.
Ivan Scalfarotto is an Italian politician and activist,committed to LGBT rights. A member of the Italian Parliament,he is a Deputy Minister at the Italian Ministry of Interior.
Luigi Di Maio is a former Italian politician. He 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.
In the 2018 Italian general election,no political group or party won an outright majority,resulting in a hung parliament. On 4 March,the centre-right coalition,in which Matteo Salvini's League emerged as the main political force,won a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate,while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) led by Luigi Di Maio became the party with the largest number of votes. The centre-left coalition,led by Matteo Renzi and the then-governing Democratic Party (PD),came third. Protracted negotiations were required before a government formation could be ultimated.
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.
Giulia Grillo is an Italian physician and politician who served as the Italian Minister of Health from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019. A member of the Five Star Movement,she has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 15 March 2013.
Erika Stefani is an Italian lawyer and politician who served as the Italian Minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019 and as the Italian Minister for Disabilities since 13 February 2021. A member of Lega Nord,she has served as a member of the Italian Senate since 15 March 2013.
Giulia Bongiorno is an Italian lawyer and politician who served as the Italian Minister of Public Administration from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019. A prominent criminal defense attorney,she has served in both houses of the Italian parliament:formerly a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013,she has served as a Senator of the Italian Republic since 15 March 2018.
Danilo Toninelli is an Italian politician.
Paola De Micheli is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021;she was the first woman to hold the office.
Ricardo Antonio Merlo is an Italian politician,leader of the Associative Movement Italians Abroad. Born and resident in Argentina,he acquired Italian citizenship through Jus sanguinis.
The 2019 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that occurred between August and September 2019. It includes the events that follow the announcement of the Minister of the Interior and leader of the League,Matteo Salvini,that he would revoke League's support of the cabinet and ask the President of the Republic to call a snap election. This provoked the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,and resulted in the formation of a new cabinet led by Conte himself.
Fabiana Dadone is an Italian politician,who served as Minister for Youth Policies in the Draghi Cabinet between 2021 and 2022,as well as Minister of Public Administration in the Conte II Cabinet between 2019 and 2021.
Vito Claudio Crimi is an Italian politician,member of the Five Star Movement,of which he was appointed acting leader on 22 January 2020. Since 2013,he has been a serving member of the Italian Senate.
Lucia Azzolina is an Italian politician and teacher. She was the Minister of Public Education during the Conte II Cabinet.
Federico D'Incà is an Italian politician,who is member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Five Star Movement. On 5 September 2019,he was appointed as Minister for Parliamentary Relations in the Conte II Cabinet.
