Maurizio Sacconi

Maurizio Sacconi
Minister of Labour and Social Security
In office 2 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Cesare Damiano
Succeeded by	Elsa Fornero
Member of the Senate
In office 28 April 2006 – 22 March 2018
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 20 June 1979 – 14 April 1994
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-13) 13 July 1950 (age 74) Conegliano, Italy
Political party	Energies for Italy (2017-2020)
Other political affiliations	Italian Socialist Party (1979-1994) Forza Italia (2001-2009) The People of Freedom (2009-2013) New Centre-right (2013-2017)

Maurizio Sacconi (Conegliano, 13 July 1950) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as Under-Secretary of the Treasury. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the first president of Legambiente, the largest environmentalist association in Italy. From 1995 to 2001 he was branch office director of the International Labour Organization.

In 2001 Sacconi joined Forza Italia and was appointed Under-Secretary of Labour in Silvio Berlusconi's governments. After five years in office as deputy of Minister Roberto Maroni, he was elected senator in 2006 and re-elected in 2008.

He served as Minister of Labour and Social Security in Berlusconi IV Cabinet (2009–2011).^[1]