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Giancarlo Giorgetti

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Giancarlo Giorgetti
Giorgetti in 2023
Minister of Economy and Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byDaniele Franco
Minister of Economic Development
In office
13 February 2021 – 22 October 2022
Prime MinisterMario Draghi
Preceded byStefano Patuanelli
Succeeded byAdolfo Urso
Secretary of the Council of Ministers
In office
1 June 2018 – 5 September 2019
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte
Preceded byMaria Elena Boschi
Succeeded byRiccardo Fraccaro
Deputy Federal Secretary of the League
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 February 2016
SecretaryMatteo Salvini
Preceded byEdoardo Rixi
Riccardo Molinari
Member of theChamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 May 1996
ConstituencyLombardy
Mayor ofCazzago Brabbia
In office
23 April 1995 – 12 June 2004
Preceded byEnrico Simonetta
Succeeded byMassimo Nicora
Personal details
Born(1966-12-16)16 December 1966(age 57)
Cazzago Brabbia,Varese,Italy
Political partyMSI(1984–1990)
League(since 1990)
SpouseLaura Ferrari
Children1
EducationBocconi University
OccupationTax advisor

Giancarlo Giorgetti(born 16 December 1966) is anItalian politicianand prominent member of theLeague,of which he became deputy secretary in 2016. Since October 2022, Giorgetti has served asMinister of Economy and Financein the government ofGiorgia Meloni.Previously, he wasSecretary of the Council of Ministersfrom June 2018 until September 2019, in thegovernmentofGiuseppe Conteand laterMinister of Economic Developmentfrom February 2021 until October 2022, in thegovernmentofMario Draghi.

Early life and career

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Giorgetti was born in 1966 inCazzago Brabbia,a small town in theProvince of Varese.He later graduated in business economics at theBocconi University,becoming atax advisorandfinancial auditor.

During the university he was close to theYouth Front,the youth-wing of the nationalistItalian Social Movement(MSI).[1]However, in the early 1990s, he joinedLega LombardaandLega Nord,the separatist movements founded byUmberto Bossi,and on 23 April 1995 he was elected mayor of his hometown, Cazzago Brabbia, a position that he held until 12 June 2004.[2]

Political career

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Elected to theChamber of Deputiesfor the first time in1996 Italian general election,he was re-electedin 2001,2006, 2008, 2013 and 2018. From 2001 to 2006, he was the chairman of the Budget Committee in the Chamber. Within the party, he was national secretary of Lega Lombarda from 2002 to 2012 and has been deputy federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2016.

Giorgetti was described byThe New York Timesas a powerful aide toUmberto Bossi,[3]founder and federal secretary of Lega Nord from 1991 to 2012; and byThe Economistas his "dauphin".[4]In 2010,The Guardiandescribed him as an "influential member ofBerlusconi's Lega Nord party ",[5]where Berlusconi stood erroneously for Bossi. UnderMatteo Salvini,Bossi's opponent and new federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2013, Giorgetti continued to be one of the most influential members of the party.[6]

Political views and controversies

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Giorgetti is afederalistandregionalistpolitician who supportsdecentralization.Speaking at the 2018 edition of theCommunion and Liberation'sRimini Meetingon 20 August 2018, he addressed the rise ofpopulism,stating that "theItalian Parliamentdoesn't matter anymore because it's no longer understood by citizens, who see it as a place of political inconclusiveness ".[7]In 2006, Giorgetti found himself at the center of a controversy for having refused in 2004 a 50–100,000eurobribe from Italian bankerGianpiero Fiorani.[8][9]

Giorgetti is a vocal supporter of afirst-past-the-postbasedelectoral systemand pushes for a return to theItalian electoral law of 1993(Mattarellum), although it was repealed in favor of theItalian electoral law of 2005(Porcellum,subsequently declared unconstitutional) with Lega Nord's support.[10]In 2020, Giorgetti argued that Italy needs an electoral system that "makes possible to govern. Of all the electoral systems I've known, the one that worked best isMattarellum",saying that" local mayors, entrepreneurs, professionals and people representing their own territory were brought into nationwide politics thanks to FPTP'ssingle-member districtsmechanism ".[citation needed]

Electoral history

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Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1996 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy2 –Sesto Calende LN 29,314 checkYElected
2001 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy2 –Sesto Calende LN 41,184 checkYElected
2006 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy1 LN –[a] checkYElected
2008 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy1 LN –[a] checkYElected
2013 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy2 LN –[a] checkYElected
2018 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy2 Lega –[a] checkYElected
2022 Chamber of Deputies Lombardy2 –Sondrio Lega 108,138 checkYElected
  1. ^abcdElected in aclosed listproportional representation system.

First-past-the-post elections

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1996 general election(C):Lombardy2 —Sesto Calende
Candidate Coalition Votes %
Giancarlo Giorgetti Lega Nord 29,314 37.8
Renato Montalbetti The Olive Tree 27,783 30.7
Carlo Castiglioni Pole for Freedoms 22,633 29.2
Others 1,844 2.4
Total 77,574 100.0
2001 general election(C):Lombardy2 —Sesto Calende
Candidate Coalition Votes %
Giancarlo Giorgetti House of Freedoms 41,184 54.5
Renato Montalbetti The Olive Tree 28,363 37.5
Others 6,042 8.0
Total 75,589 100.0
2022 general election(C):Lombardy2 —Sondrio
Candidate Coalition Votes %
Giancarlo Giorgetti Centre-right 108,138 61.8
Valeria Caterina Duico Centre-left 34,596 19.8
Alessandro Stefano Bertolini Action - Italia Viva 14,949 8.5
Luca Sangalli Five Star Movement 8,535 4.9
Others 8,375 5.0
Total 174,829 100.0

References

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  1. ^Ignazio e Bobo, eterni rivali,Corriere della Sera
  2. ^[giorgetti sindaco cazzago Giorgetti, il villaggio del ministro pescatore],la Repubblica
  3. ^Donadio, Rachel (15 September 2010)."A New Power Broker Rises in Italy".The New York Times.Retrieved13 June2020."As a member of the league, I should say that I want to vote tomorrow," said Giancarlo Giorgetti, the chairman of the Lower House budget committee and one of Mr. Bossi's most powerful deputies.
  4. ^"Bossi's boots: Its leader gravely ill, the Northern League faces an uncertain future".The Economist.22 April 2004.Retrieved13 June2020.Two years ago, Mr Bossi called Giancarlo Giorgetti, the 37-year-old secretary of the Lombard League, the original core of the party, his "dauphin".
  5. ^Matt Scott (27 January 2010)."Questions remain over Notts County affairs ahead of court date".The Guardian.Retrieved13 June2020.It is strongly possible that the contact was made on the recommendation of Giancarlo Giorgetti, an influential member of Berlusconi's Northern League party who just so happens to be a massive Saints fan.
  6. ^"Tanti consiglieri intorno a Salvini, ma il leader ascolta solo Giorgetti"[Many advisers around Salvini, but the leader only listens to Giorgetti].Linkiesta(in Italian). 26 June 2015.Retrieved13 June2020.
  7. ^"Meeting Rimini, Giorgetti: 'Parlamento non conta più nulla, democrazia un feticcio'"[Rimini Meeting, Giorgetti: 'Parliament doesn't matter anymore, democracy is a fetish'].la Repubblica(in Italian). 20 August 2018.Retrieved13 June2020.
  8. ^"Travaglio a Servizio pubblico: chi sono i saggi e la mazzetta alla Camera"[Travaglio speaks duringServizio pubblico:who are the wise men and the bribe in the Chamber of Deputies].leggioggi.it(in Italian). 5 April 2013.Retrieved13 June2020.
  9. ^"La mazzetta per Giorgetti non si trova"[Bribe for Giorgetti is nowhere to be found].la Repubblica(in Italian). 8 March 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2016.Retrieved13 June2020.
  10. ^"Legge elettorale, Giorgetti:" Torniamo al Mattarellum ""[Electoral law, Giorgetti: 'Let's go back to Mattarellum'] (in Italian). 14 January 2020.Retrieved13 June2020.
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