Marco Minniti
| Marco Minniti | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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Assumed office 12 December 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Preceded by | Angelino Alfano |
| Member of the Senate | |
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Assumed office 15 March 2013 |
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| Constituency | Calabria |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 30 May 2001 – 14 March 2013 |
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| Constituency | Calabria |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 June 1956 Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Political party |
PCI (1980–1991) PDS (1998-2007) DS (1991–1998) PD (2007–present) |
Marco Minniti (born Domenico Minniti Italian pronunciation: [mar.koː min'niːti]; 6 June 1956) is an Italian politician, member of the Democratic Party, who serves in the government of Italy as Minister of the Interior since 12 December 2016. Previously, he was one of the most prominent councilors of former Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Massimo D'Alema.
Due to his policies on immigration and security he has been often labeled as a strongman and nicknamed "Iron Minister".
Marco Minniti was born in Reggio Calabria in Southern Italy in 1956. His father was a general of the Italian Army. During 1970s he graduated in phylosophy. In these years he met his future wife, from whom he had now two daughters.
Minniti mature in Calabria most of his political education; during 1970s he became a member of the Italian Communist Party led by Enrico Berlinguer. In 1986 he served on the Commission for Labour's issues of the Communist Party. In 1986 he became secretary of the PCI provincial federation of Reggio Calabria.
In 1992 he became regional secretary of the Calabrian Democratic Party of the Left, a position he left in 1994 when he was appointed in the national leadership of the party. With the foundation of the Democrats of the Left, in February 1998, he was appointed secretary to the party's organization.
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