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| Prime Minister of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Giorgio Napolitano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Angelino Alfano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mario Monti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Matteo Renzi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of the Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 March 2021 – 12 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Irene Tinagli Peppe Provenzano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nicola Zingaretti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Elly Schlein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 November 2009 – 20 April 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary | Pier Luigi Bersani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dario Franceschini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Debora Serracchiani Lorenzo Guerini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 August 1966 Pisa, Tuscany, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | PD (2007–2015; since 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | DC (before 1994) PPI (1994–2002) DL (2002–2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Gianna Fregonara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Pisa Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | enricoletta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enrico Letta (Italian: [enˈriːko ˈlɛtta]; born 20 August 1966) 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.[1] He was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.[2]
After working as an academic, Letta entered politics in 1998 when he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for the Community Policies, a role he held until 1999 when he was promoted to become Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Crafts. In 2001, he left the Cabinet upon his election to the Chamber of Deputies. From 2006 to 2008, he was appointed Secretary of the Council of Ministers.[3] In 2007, Letta was one of the senior founding members of the Democratic Party, and in 2009 was elected as its Deputy Secretary.[4]
After the 2013 Italian general election produced an inconclusive result, and following negotiations between party leaders, President Giorgio Napolitano gave him the task of forming a national unity government (Letta Cabinet), composed of Letta's PD, the centre-right The People of Freedom (PdL), and the centrist Civic Choice, in order to mitigate the economic and social crises engulfing Italy as a result of the Great Recession. Following an agreement between parties, Letta resigned as PD Deputy Secretary and was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 28 April 2013.[5][6] His government tried to promote economic recovery by securing a funding deal from the European Union to alleviate youth unemployment and abolished the party subsidies, something seen as a watershed moment for Italian politics, which for years had depended upon public funds.[7][8][9] Letta also faced the early stages of the 2015 European migrant crisis, including the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, the deadliest shipwreck in the recent history of the Mediterranean Sea; in response, Letta implemented Operation Mare Nostrum to patrol the maritime borders and rescue migrants.[10]
In November 2013, PdL leader Silvio Berlusconi attempted to withdraw his party's support from the government in order to bring about a change of Prime Minister; in response, all of the cabinet's centre-right ministers chose to leave the PdL and formed a new party, saying they wished to continue supporting Letta. Despite securing his position, the election in December 2013 of Matteo Renzi as PD secretary brought significant leadership tensions within the PD to public view. After several weeks of denying that he would seek a change, Renzi publicly challenged Letta for the position of prime minister on 13 February 2014. Letta quickly lost the support of his colleagues and resigned as prime minister on 22 February.[11]
Following his resignation, Letta initially retired from politics, leaving Italy to accept appointment as dean of the School of International Affairs at Sciences Po in Paris.[12] In March 2021, the PD secretary Nicola Zingaretti resigned after growing tensions within the party.[13] Many prominent members of the party asked Letta to become the new leader; after a few days, Letta announced that he would return to Italy to accept the candidacy, and he was elected as new secretary by the national assembly on 14 March 2021.[14][15] On 4 October 2021, Letta was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Siena district.[16]
- ^ Quirinale, il governo di Letta giura davanti a Napolitano, Il Fatto Quotidiano
- ^ Letta eletto segretario: "Serve un nuovo Pd aperto, non partito del potere", Sky Tg24
- ^ Enrico Letta, Enciclopedia Treccani
- ^ Italian Parliament Website LETTA Enrico – PD Retrieved 24 April 2013
- ^ Nuovo governo, incarico a Enrico Letta. Napolitano: "I media cooperino", Il Fatto Quotidiano
- ^ "Letta: Grande coalizione, bisogna farsene una ragione". Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ Tre canali di finanziamento, più trasparenza. Ecco punto per punto il ddl del governo, Corriere della Sera
- ^ Vertice lavoro, Letta ai ministri europei: «Non c'è più tempo, si deve agire subito Scelta sciagurata guardare solo i conti» – Il Messaggero Archived 16 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved on 24 August 2013.
- ^ Letta: all'Italia 1,5 miliardi per il lavoro. Grillo «poteva mandare tutto in vacca», Corriere della Sera
- ^ Letta: perché difendo Mare Nostrum, Avvenire
- ^ "Letta al Quirinale, si è dimesso – Top News". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Enrico Letta, Sciences Po
- ^ Pd, Zingaretti si dimette. Dice addio il decimo segretario in 14 anni, Il Sole 24 Ore
- ^ Letta, il giorno della scelta. Zingaretti: rilancerà il Pd, il manifesto
- ^ Letta: "Non vi serve un nuovo segretario, ma un nuovo Pd", Huffington Post
- ^ Elezioni suppletive Siena: vince Letta, La Stampa