Andrea Orlando | |
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Minister of Labour and Social Policies | |
In office 13 February 2021 – 22 October 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Mario Draghi |
Preceded by | Nunzia Catalfo |
Succeeded by | Marina Calderone |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 22 February 2014 – 1 June 2018 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Annamaria Cancellieri |
Succeeded by | Alfonso Bonafede |
Minister of the Environment | |
In office 28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Enrico Letta |
Preceded by | Corrado Clini |
Succeeded by | Gian Luca Galletti |
Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party | |
In office 17 April 2019 – 17 March 2021 | |
Leader | Nicola Zingaretti |
Preceded by | Maurizio Martina |
Succeeded by | Peppe Provenzano Irene Tinagli |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 28 April 2006 | |
Constituency | Liguria |
Personal details | |
Born | La Spezia, Italy | 8 February 1969
Political party | |
Andrea Orlando (born 8 February 1969) is an Italian politician who served as minister of labour and social policies from 2021 to 2022 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.[1][2] From 2013 to 2014 he served as minister of the environment under Enrico Letta and as minister of justice under Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 2014 to 2018. He served as deputy secretary of the Democratic Party between 2019 and 2021.
Originally active within the Communist Party, Orlando became a founding member of the PD in 2007, and has since been regarded as a senior representative of its left-wing.[3] He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006, where he has represented Liguria since.[4]