Matteo Renzi

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Matteo Renzi
OMRI
Renzi in 2015
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
22 February 2014 – 12 December 2016
PresidentGiorgio Napolitano
Sergio Mattarella
Preceded byEnrico Letta
Succeeded byPaolo Gentiloni
President of Italia Viva[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 December 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office
7 May 2017 – 12 March 2018
DeputyMaurizio Martina
Preceded byMatteo Orfini
Succeeded byMaurizio Martina
In office
15 December 2013 – 19 February 2017
DeputyLorenzo Guerini
Debora Serracchiani
Preceded byGuglielmo Epifani
Succeeded byMatteo Orfini
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2018
ConstituencyFlorence (2018–22)
Campania (2022–)
Mayor of Florence
In office
22 June 2009 – 24 March 2014
Preceded byLeonardo Domenici
Succeeded byDario Nardella
President of the Province of Florence
In office
14 June 2004 – 22 June 2009
Preceded byMichele Gesualdi
Succeeded byAndrea Barducci
Personal details
Born (1975-01-11) 11 January 1975 (age 49)
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Political partyPPI (1996–2002)
DL (2002–2007)
PD (2007–2019)
IV (since 2019)
Spouse
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(m. 1999)​
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Florence
Signature
Websitematteorenzi.it
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Matteo Renzi OMRI (pronounced [matˈtɛːo ˈrɛntsi]; 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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  11. ^ 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.
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  15. ^ "Matteo Renzi resigns as leader of Democratic party after poll defeat". The Guardian. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Mario Draghi sworn in as prime minister of Italy". The Guardian. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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