At 11.57, three minutes early, Mario Draghi swore before the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale, is officially the new Prime Minister. After him, all his 23 ministers. Fifteen men, 8 women. No relatives and no journalists. Distance, masks and ceremony in streaming. Italy thus officially enters the Draghi era.
“I swear to be loyal to the Republic and to exercise my functions in the exclusive interest of the Nation”, the ritual formula announced by the former ECB number one.
At the end of the oath, the first Council of Ministers is scheduled. But first, it’s up to the bell ceremony at Palazzo Chigi with the passing of the baton between the former prime minister, Giuseppe Conte e Draghi.
The list of ministers:
Minister of Economy
Daniele Franco, former State accountant and former Bank of Italy
Minister of Economic Development
Giancarlo Giorgetti of the League
Minister of Health
Roberto Speranza, former interior minister of the Conte bis government
Ministry of Public Administration
Renato Brunetta, Forza Italia
Minister of General Affairs and Autonomies
Maria Stella Gelmini, Forza Italia
Minister of Youth Policy
Fabiana Dadone
Minister of Equal Opportunities and the Family
Elena Bonetti, already in the previous government in the same role
Minister for Disability
Erika Stefani of the League
Coordination of tourism initiatives that will become Minister of Tourism
Massimo Garavaglia of the League
Minister of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition
Vittorio Colao, former director of Vodafone worldwide
Minister of Culture
Dario Franceschini, former Minister of Culture in the Conte bis government
Minister of Labor
Andrea Orlando, deputy secretary of the Pd
Minister of Justice
Marta Cartabia, former president of the Constitutional Court
Minister of the Interior
Luciana Lamorgese, former Minister of the Interior in the Conte bis government
Foreign Minister
Luigi Di Maio, as in the previous government
Ministry of Defense
Lorenzo Guerini, Pd who has already been a minister
Minister of Agricultural Policies
Stefano Patuanelli, 5 Star Movement
Minister of Ecological Transition
Roberto Cingolani, university professor and head of innovation at Leonardo Spa
Transport Minister
Enrico Giovannini, economist formerly minister of labor
Minister for the South
Mara Carfagna by Forza Italia
Minister of Education
Patrizio Bianchi, former rector of the University of Ferrara and councilor of the Emilia Romagna Region for Tourism
Minister of the University
Cristina Messa, former rector of Milano Bicocca
Relations with Parliament
Federico d’Incà of the M5S
Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Roberto Garofoli.
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