Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

Gilberto Pichetto Fratin
Pichetto Fratin in 2022
Minister of the Environment and Energy Security
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byRoberto Cingolani
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyPiedmont 1
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
23 March 2018 – 12 October 2022
ConstituencyVercelli
In office
29 April 2008 – 14 March 2013
ConstituencyPiedmont
Personal details
Born (1954-01-04) 4 January 1954 (age 70)
Veglio, Italy
Political partyForza Italia (since 2013)
Other political
affiliations
PRI (1975–1994)
FI (1994–2009)
PdL (2009–2013)
Alma materUniversity of Turin
ProfessionTax advisor

Gilberto Pichetto Fratin (born 4 January 1954) is an Italian politician who is the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security of the Meloni government since 22 October 2022.

He is the lawmaker from 12 October 2022, and long-time exponent of Forza Italia, where he held the position of regional coordinator in Piedmont from 4 January 2014, to 18 October 2018. He was a long-term regional councilor in Piedmont (1995–2008; 2014–2018), vice president of the Piedmont Region from 3 April 2013, to 9 June 2014, and senator of the Republic in the XVI and XVIII legislatures.