Lorenzo Guerini

Lorenzo Guerini
Minister of Defence
In office 5 September 2019 – 22 October 2022
Prime Minister	Giuseppe Conte Mario Draghi
Preceded by	Elisabetta Trenta
Succeeded by	Guido Crosetto
President of COPASIR
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2022
Preceded by	Adolfo Urso
In office 18 July 2018 – 4 September 2019
Preceded by	Giacomo Stucchi
Succeeded by	Raffaele Volpi
Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office 28 March 2014 – 7 May 2017 Serving with Debora Serracchiani
Leader	Matteo Renzi
Preceded by	Enrico Letta
Succeeded by	Maurizio Martina
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 March 2013
Constituency	Lombardy
Mayor of Lodi
In office 7 April 2005 – 31 December 2012
Preceded by	Aurelio Ferrari
Succeeded by	Simone Uggetti
President of the Province of Lodi
In office 8 May 1995 – 28 June 2004
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Lino Osvaldo Felissari
Personal details
Born	(1966-11-21) 21 November 1966 (age 58) Lodi, Italy
Political party	DC (before 1994) PPI (1994–2002) DL (2002–2007) PD (since 2007)
Children	3
Alma mater	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Lorenzo Guerini (born 21 November 1966) is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). Guerini has been serving as the Italian Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive prime ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022.^[1] In March 2014, he was chosen by party leader Matteo Renzi to be deputy secretary of the PD along with Debora Serracchiani, a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, he served as mayor of Lodi, Lombardy, his hometown.^[2]