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. He was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
Angelino Alfano is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri is an Italian politician who has served as European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019. He 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.
Enrico Giovannini is an Italian economist,statistician and academic,member of the Club of Rome. Since February 2021,he has been serving as Minister of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility in the Draghi Government. From April 2013 to February 2014,he served as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in the Letta Government. From 2009 to 2013,he held the office of President of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat).
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.
Roberta Pinotti is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the Italian Minister of Defence in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 22 February 2014 to 1 June 2018.
Lorenzo Guerini is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). Guerini has been serving as the Italian Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive prime ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. In March 2014,he was chosen by party leader Matteo Renzi to be deputy secretary of the PD along with Debora Serracchiani,a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012,he served as mayor of Lodi,Lombardy,his hometown.
The centre-left coalition is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1995,when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition has ruled the country for more than fifteen years between 1996 and 2022;to do so,it had mostly to rely on a big tent that went from the more radical left-wing,which had more weight between 1996 and 2008,to the political centre,which had more weight during the 2010s,and its main parties were also part of grand coalitions and national unity governments.
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.
Gian Luca Galletti is an Italian politician,member of the Christian democratic Centrists for Europe.
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.
Article One,officially Article 1 –Democratic and Progressive Movement,was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
Claudio De Vincenti is an Italian politician,economist and university professor.
Action is a liberal political party in Italy. Its leader is Carlo Calenda,a member of the European Parliament within the group of Renew Europe and former minister of Economic Development.
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.
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 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days,culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being confirmed for a second term,with a total of 759 votes on the eighth ballot. This was the second most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. Mattarella became the second president to be re-elected,his predecessor Giorgio Napolitano being the first.
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.
