Antonio Tajani

Antonio Tajani
Tajani in 2023
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Serving with Matteo Salvini
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byMatteo Salvini (2019)
Luigi Di Maio (2019)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byLuigi Di Maio
Secretary of Forza Italia
Assumed office
15 July 2023
Preceded byOffice established[1]
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyVelletri
European Union offices
President of the European Parliament
In office
17 January 2017 – 3 July 2019
Vice PresidentMairead McGuinness
Preceded byMartin Schulz
Succeeded byDavid Sassoli
First Vice-President of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 18 January 2017
PresidentMartin Schulz
Preceded byGianni Pittella
Succeeded byMairead McGuinness
European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship
In office
9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byGünter Verheugen
Succeeded byMichel Barnier (Acting)
European Commissioner for Transport
In office
9 May 2008 – 9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byJacques Barrot
Succeeded bySiim Kallas
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 12 October 2022
ConstituencyCentral Italy
In office
14 July 1994 – 8 May 2008
ConstituencyCentral Italy
Personal details
Born (1953-08-04) 4 August 1953 (age 71)
Rome, Italy
Political partyUMI (1970s)
FI (1994–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
FI (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
EPP Group
Spouse
Brunella Orecchio
(m. 1988)
Children2
EducationSapienza University
Signature
WebsiteParliament website

Antonio Tajani (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo taˈjaːni]; born 4 August 1953) is an Italian politician, journalist and former Italian Air Force officer, who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 22 October 2022. He has served as President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2019, as European Commissioner from 2008 to 2014, and also as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2022 until he was elected to Italy's Chamber of Deputies.

Following the death of Silvio Berlusconi, on 15 July 2023 Tajani was appointed secretary of Forza Italia, becoming the party's new leader.

  1. ^ Silvio Berlusconi as leader of Forza Italia