The second government of
Giuseppe Conte, an alliance between the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement (M5S) and the centre-left Democratic Party (PD),
will have 21 ministers: 10 from the M5S, nine from the PD, one
from the small leftwing Free and Equal (LeU) party, and one
independent.
There are seven women, a third of the total.
At age 33, Luigi Di Maio (M5S) will become the country's
youngest-ever foreign minister, beating the record set by
Federica Mogherini, who became foreign minister at age 40.
Di Maio was deputy premier and labour and industry minister
in the previous Conte government.
Giuseppe Provenzano (PD), a politician and expert economist
on the Italian south, will become minister for the south.
Provenzano has been deputy director of the Association for
Industrial Development in Southern Italy (Svimez) since 2016.
Alfonso Bonafede (M5S) will retain his position as justice
minister.
Bonafede, who brought Conte into M5S, sponsored an
anti-corruption bill that was approved during his previous
mandate.
Teresa Bellanova (PD), who served as deputy industry minister
in the Gentiloni and Renzi governments, will become the new
agricultural policy minister.
The new environmental minister will be Sergio Costa (M5S), a
general with the Carabinieri police.
Costa is known for having led a probe in the early 2000s into
illegal toxic waste dumping by the Casalesi clan in the
so-called Land of Fires area of Campania.
Lorenzo Guerini (PD), who is known as a skilled mediator and
most recently served as president of Parliament's COPASIR
committee overseeing Italy's spy agencies, will be defence
minister.
The new public administration minister will be Fabiana Dadone
(M5S), who, at 35, is the second-youngest minister after Di
Maio.
Dadone previously served as M5S Lower House whip and was a
member of the Lower House Constitutional Affairs Committee.
Federico D'Incà (M5S) will be the minister for relations with
parliament.
D'Incà was first elected to the Lower House in 2013 when M5S
was emerging as a political force.
The new industry minister will be M5S Senate whip Stefano
Patuanelli, who is considered a party moderate and a strong
defender of party leader Di Maio.
Lorenzo Fioramonti (M5S), who served as deputy education
minister in the first Conte government, will be the new
education minister.
The new labour minister will be Nunzia Catalfo (M5S), a
senator who spearheaded the movement to create the 'citizenship
wage' basic income programme, which went into effect in March
2019.
Paola Pisano (M5S), Turin city councillor for innovation,
will serve as technological innovation minister.
Riccardo Fraccaro (M5S) will serve as cabinet secretary.
Vincenzo Spadafora (M5S) will become youth policy and sport
minister.
Spadafora was Cabinet secretary with equal opportunities
portfolio in the previous Conte government.
Luciana Lamorgese, an independent, will be the new interior
minister.
Lamorgese led the Milan prefecture until October 2018 and was
the first woman to hold that position.
Dario Francheschini (PD) returns to his role as culture
minister, a position he held from 2014-2018.
Paola De Micheli (PD), deputy secretary of PD, will be the
new infrastructure and transport minister, the first woman to
ever hold that position.
The new equal opportunities and family minister will be Elena
Bonetti (PD), a university professor of mathematical analysis
and a well-known advocate for gay rights.
Roberto Speranza of the Free and Equal (LeU) party will be
the new health minister.
Speranza served as PD Lower House whip in the Renzi
government but stepped down in 2015 after rebelling over the
government's Italicum law introducing a new electoral system.
The new regional affairs minister will be Francesco Boccia
(PD), who served as head of the Lower House budget committee in
the previous legislature.
Vincenzo Amendola (PD), who served as deputy foreign minister
under Angelino Alfano and Paolo Gentiloni, will be the European
affairs minister.
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