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Matteo Renzi
OMRI
Renzi in 2015
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 22 February 2014 – 12 December 2016
President
Giorgio Napolitano Sergio Mattarella
Preceded by
Enrico Letta
Succeeded by
Paolo Gentiloni
President of Italia Viva[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2022
Preceded by
Position established
Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office 7 May 2017 – 12 March 2018
Deputy
Maurizio Martina
Preceded by
Matteo Orfini
Succeeded by
Maurizio Martina
In office 15 December 2013 – 19 February 2017
Deputy
Lorenzo Guerini Debora Serracchiani
Preceded by
Guglielmo Epifani
Succeeded by
Matteo Orfini
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2018
Constituency
Florence (2018–22) Campania (2022–)
Mayor of Florence
In office 22 June 2009 – 21 February 2014
Preceded by
Leonardo Domenici
Succeeded by
Dario Nardella
President of the Province of Florence
In office 14 June 2004 – 22 June 2009
Preceded by
Michele Gesualdi
Succeeded by
Andrea Barducci
Personal details
Born
(1975-01-11) 11 January 1975 (age 49) Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Political party
PPI (1996–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (2007–2019) IV (since 2019)
Spouse
Agnese Landini
(m. 1999)
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Florence
Signature
Website
matteorenzi.it
This article is part of a series about Matteo Renzi
Political offices
President of Florence Province (2004–09) Mayor of Florence (2009–14) Prime Minister of Italy (2014–16) Democratic Party Secretary (2013–17; 2017–18) Leader of Italia Viva (2019–present)
Mayor of Florence
2009 election
Term
2012 centre-left primary election
Secretary of the Democratic Party
2013 election
2017 election
Leadership of Renzi
Prime Minister of Italy
Premiership
Renzi Cabinet
Official trips
Migrant crisis
2014 European election
2015 presidential election
Electoral law
Expo 2015
Military intervention against ISIL
Murder of Giulio Regeni
Same-sex unions
2016 constitutional referendum
Leader of Italia Viva
2021 government crisis
Political positions
Renziani
Just a Yes
Elections
2018
2022
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Matteo RenziOMRI (pronounced[matˈtɛːoˈrɛntsi]; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018.[1] Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019,[2] having been the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from 2013 to 2018,[3] with a brief interruption in 2017.[4]
After serving as the president of the province of Florence from 2004 to 2009 and the mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014,[5] Renzi was elected secretary of the PD in 2013, becoming prime minister the following year.[6] At the age of 39 years, Renzi, who was at the time the youngest leader in the G7 and also the first-serving mayor to become prime minister, became the youngest person to have served as prime minister.[7] While in power, Renzi's government implemented numerous reforms, including changes to the Italian electoral law, a relaxation of labour and employment laws with the intention of boosting economic growth,[8] a thorough reformation of the public administration, the simplification of civil trials, the introduction of same-sex civil unions,[9] and the abolition of many small taxes.[10]
After the rejection of his constitutional reform in the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum,[11][12] Renzi formally resigned as prime minister on 12 December; his Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was appointed his replacement.[13][14] He resigned as secretary of the PD following defeat in the 2018 Italian general election.[15] In September 2019, he left the PD and founded the Italia Viva party.[16] In January 2021, Renzi revoked his party's support to the Conte II Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, which brought down the government and resulted in the 2021 Italian government crisis.[17] In February 2021, Renzi's IV supported Prime Minister Mario Draghi's national unity government.[18] Renzi has been described as a centrist and as a liberal by political observers.[19][20][21]
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^Jones, Gavin (13 January 2021). "Italy's Renzi completes transformation from reformer to wrecker". Reuters. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^Zampano, Giada (12 March 2018). "Matteo Renzi, exit stage left". Politico. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^Ide, Ella (20 February 2017). "Renzi quits as party leader, triggering leadership battle". The Local Italy. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Farell, Helen (27 February 2014). "Renzi time". The Florentine. No. 197. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^"Italy to swear in new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi". BBC. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Frizell, Sam (22 February 2014). "Italy's Youngest Ever Prime Minister Takes The Reins". Time. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^Balmer, Crispian (28 September 2016). "Renzi's reforms leave Italian economy and voters flat". Reuters. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (22 February 2016). "'They need a possibility of a future': has Matteo Renzi given Italy what it needs?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Totaro, Lorenzo (15 October 2015). "Renzi Gives Italians Lower Taxes, Higher Cash Use to Back Growth". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Negri, Fedra; Rebessi, Elisa (January 2018). "Was Mattarella Worth the Trouble? Explaining the Failure of the 2016 Italian Constitutional Referendum". Italian Political Science Review. 48 (2). Cambridge University Press: 177–196. doi:10.1017/ipo.2017.29. hdl:2434/562060. S2CID 158906172.
^Di Mauro, Danilo; Memoli, Vincenzo (February 2018). "Targeting the Government in the Referendum: The Aborted 2016 Italian Constitutional Reform". Italian Political Science Review. 48 (2). Cambridge University Press: 133–157. doi:10.1017/ipo.2017.31. S2CID 158555880.
^Cinelli, Francesca; Follain, John (11 December 2016). "Italy's Gentiloni Heads for Prime Minister Job After Renzi Quits". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Gianfreda, Stella (2021). Where Do the Parties Stand?: Political Competition on Immigration and the EU in National and European Parliamentary Debates. Springer Nature. p. 21. ISBN 978-3-030-77588-9. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^"Matteo Renzi resigns as leader of Democratic party after poll defeat". The Guardian. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^"Matteo Renzi lascia il Pd e fonda nuovo partito: telefona a Conte e annuncia l'addio al Pd, Le ragioni della svolta in una intervista a Repubblica". La Repubblica (in Italian). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Amaro, Silvia; Meredith, Sam (13 January 2021). "Italy's government in crisis after former PM pulls support for ruling coalition". CNBC. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^"Mario Draghi sworn in as prime minister of Italy". The Guardian. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^Foster, Peter; Squires, Nick; Vogt, Andrea (3 December 2016). "Europe holds its breath as Italy heads to the polls for critical referendum". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Saini, Valentina (4 February 2021). "Italy's Renzi got what he wanted. But at what price?". Euobserver. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^Pagliarini, Stefano (15 July 2021). "La metamorfosi di Renzi: da rottamatore della sinistra a colonna del centrodestra liberale". Today (in Italian). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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