Luciana Lamorgese

Luciana Lamorgese (born 11 September 1953) is an Italian civil servant and prefect, and Minister of the Interior in the Conte II Cabinet since 5 September 2019. On February 13, 2021, she was confirmed in the same post within the new Draghi Cabinet.

Luciana Lamorgese
Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
5 September 2019
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte
Mario Draghi
Preceded byMatteo Salvini
Personal details
Born (1953-09-11) 11 September 1953
Potenza, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
ProfessionPrefect, state councillor

Early life and career

Born in Potenza on 11 September 1953, Lamorgese graduated in law and qualified as a lawyer. In 1979, she began working for the Interior Ministry, becoming a vice prefect in 1994 and a prefect in 2003. She was prefect of Venice from 2010 to 2013, working alongside Giorgio Orsoni, the elected mayor.[1]

In 2017, with the end of the Renzi government, she became prefect in Milan, replacing Alessandro Maragoni. On 13 November 2018 she was appointed as a state councillor by the Council of Ministers chaired by Giuseppe Conte, who was forming his first government.[1]

Minister of the Interior

Conte II Cabinet
Main article: Conte II Cabinet
Lamorgese with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in October 2020

In September 2019, with the collapse of Conte's and M5S's government alliance with Matteo Salvini, a new coalition was formed between the M5S and the centre-left Democratic Party and Free and Equal. She was picked as Minister of the Interior in the new government led again by Conte, and took office on 5 September.[2]

Lamorgese has been in charge of the nationwide lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On December 7, 2020, she tested positive for the disease herself.[4]

Draghi Cabinet
Main article: Draghi Cabinet

On February 12, 2021, she was declared Minister of the Interior of the Draghi Cabinet.[5]

References
  1. Tondo, Lorenzo (2019-09-04). "Matteo Salvini replaced by migration specialist in new Italy coalition". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. "Luciana Lamorgese ministra dell'Interno del governo Conte bis". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  3. "Luciana Lamorgese: "Se servirà, pronti a nuove scelte coraggiose"". L'HuffPost (in Italian). 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  4. "Italy's interior minister told she has COVID-19 at cabinet -sources". Reuters. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. "Luciana Lamorgese resta all'Interno, la prefetta figlia d'arte prestata alla politica". 12 February 2021.


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