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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matteo Salvini</span> Italian politician

Matteo Salvini is an Italian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport since 2022. He has been Federal Secretary of Italy's Lega Nord party since December 2013 and an Italian senator since March 2018. Salvini represented Northwestern Italy in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sergio Mattarella</span> President of Italy since 2015

Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician, jurist, academic, and lawyer who has served as the president of Italy since 2015, being the second longest-serving president in the history of Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lorenzo Fontana</span> Italian politician (born 1980)

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Italian general election</span> Election in Italy

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luigi Di Maio</span> Italian politician (born 1986)

Luigi Di Maio is an Italian former stadium beverage vendor and 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Us with Salvini</span> Political party in Italy

Us with Salvini was a populist political party in Italy. The party, founded by Matteo Salvini on 19 December 2014, was the sister party of Lega Nord (LN) for southern Italy, Lazio, and Sardinia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maurizio Martina</span> Italian politician (born 1978)

Maurizio Martina is an Italian politician and 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 since 22 February 2014, 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gian Luca Galletti</span> Italian politician

Gian Luca Galletti is an Italian politician, member of the Christian democratic Centrists for Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Italian general election</span>

The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 21 July, and called for new elections. Regional elections in Sicily were held on the same day. The results of the general election showed the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, a radical-right political party with neo-fascist roots, winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. Meloni was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 22 October, becoming the first woman to hold that position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Italian government formation</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giuseppe Conte</span> Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">First Conte government</span> 65th government of the Italian Republic

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 European Parliament election in Italy</span> 2019 election of members of the European Parliament for Italy

The 2019 European Parliament election in Italy were held on 26 May 2019, electing members of the 9th Italian delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Piedmontese regional election</span>

The 2019 Piedmontese regional election took place on 26 May 2019, the same day as the European Parliament election in Italy. The election was for all 50 members of the Regional Council of Piedmont, as well as for the President of the Region, who is also a member of the Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cambiamo!</span> Italian political party

Cambiamo! is a centre-right political party in Italy, led by Giovanni Toti.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Italian government crisis</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lega (political party)</span> Italian political party

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italia Viva</span> Italian political party

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). Italia Viva is a member of the European Democratic Party, alongside its associated party Action.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Italian government crisis</span> Government crisis in Italy

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Italian presidential election</span> Election of the president of the Italian Republic

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.

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