Angelino Alfano
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Preceded by | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 28 April 2013 – 12 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
Enrico Letta Matteo Renzi |
| Preceded by | Anna Maria Cancellieri |
| Succeeded by | Marco Minniti |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Enrico Letta |
| Preceded by |
Massimo D'Alema Francesco Rutelli |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 27 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Luigi Scotti |
| Succeeded by | Nitto Francesco Palma |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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Assumed office 15 March 2013 |
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| Constituency | Piedmont 1 |
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In office 30 May 2001 – 14 March 2013 |
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| Constituency | Sicily 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 October 1970 Agrigento, Italy |
| Political party |
Christian Democracy (Before 1994) Forza Italia (1994–2009) People of Freedom (2009–2013) New Centre-Right (2013–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Tiziana Miceli |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart University of Palermo |
Angelino Alfano (Italian pronunciation: [andʒeˈliːno alˈfaːno]; born 31 October 1970) is an Italian politician who has served in the government of Italy as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 12 December 2016.
Alfano was also Minister of the Interior from 28 April 2013 to 12 December 2016, serving in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Enrico Letta; from 2013 to 2014 he held the office of Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, as part of the Letta Cabinet, and previously served as Minister of Justice from 2008 to 2011 as part of the Berlusconi IV Cabinet. He was the first and only secretary of the centre-right party The People of Freedom (PdL) from 2011 to 2013.
In November 2013 he became leader of the New Centre-Right party which is a split from the PdL.
Alfano is the first Italian politician to held the office of Minister of Justice, Interior and Foreign Affairs, which are considered the most important ministries in the Italian government.
Angelino Alfano was born in Agrigento, Sicily on 31 October 1970; his father, Angelo Alfano, was a lawyer and local politician for the Christian Democracy, who also held the position of deputy mayor of Agrigento.
After receiving a law degree from Milan's Università Cattolica and a doctorate in Corporate law from the University of Palermo, Alfano started his political experience, as his father, with the Christian Democracy party.
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