Maurizio Lupi
Maurizio Lupi | |
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Minister of Infrastructure and Transport | |
In office 28 April 2013 – 20 March 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Enrico Letta Matteo Renzi |
Preceded by | Corrado Passera |
Succeeded by | Graziano Delrio |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Assumed office 30 May 2001 | |
Constituency | Lombardy |
Personal details | |
Born | Milan | 3 October 1959
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | DC (before 1994) FI (1994–2009) PdL (2009–2013) NCD (2013–2017) AP (2017) NcI (2017–present) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
Profession | Politician, Communion And Liberation Movement former unofficial political spokesman[1][2][3] |
Maurizio Lupi (born 3 October 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport between 28 April 2013 and 20 March 2015.
Personal life[]
Maurizio Lupi was born in Milan, Italy, on 3 October 1959.[4][5] He has a degree in political science at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.[5] Lupi is married and has three children.[6]
Political career[]
Maurizio Lupi served as a member of the municipal council of Milan from 1993 to 1997 and until 1996 he was vice president of the council.[6] He has been a member of the Italian parliament since the XIV legislative period or 2001.[4][6]
Minister career[]
Maurizio Lupi served as deputy house speaker until 28 April 2013 when he was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the Letta cabinet.[7] He replaced Corrado Passera.[8] Lupi joined the New Centre-Right formed by Angelino Alfano in November 2013.[9][10] Lupi continued to serve as the minister of infrastructure and transport in the cabinet formed by Matteo Renzi in February 2014.[11]
Resignations[]
On 19 March 2015 he announced that he would step down as minister on the following day due to a scandal involving public works on infrastructure in which his name was cited several times.[12] Lupi's tenure as infrastructure and transport minister ended next day when he resigned from the post and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi accepted it.[13]
In the Letta cabinet, Lupi was one of two members of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.[14] He is a strong supporter of the “TAV” project that would connect Italy and France via high-speed rail.[15]
References[]
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- ^ "Senza Formigoni e Lupi la rete di Cl è più forte di prima - l'Espresso". Espresso.repubblica.it. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Formigoni e Cl: il declino di una lobby?". Indygesto.it. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Scheda di attività". Senato. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Alex Roe (29 April 2013). "Who Are Italy's New Ministers?". Italy Chronicles. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "LUPI Maurizio Enzo". Who's who. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Lupi resigns as deputy house speaker". Eni Today. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Francesca Giuliani (16 November 2011). "The Who's Who of the Monti Government". i-Italy. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Kevin Lees (18 November 2013). "What the Alfano-Berlusconi split means for Italian politics". Suffragio. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Italy's Maurizio Lupi to step down after being embroiled in corruption scandal". The Telegraph. Reuters. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Andrew Frye; Chiara Vasarri (22 February 2014). "Renzi Sworn in as Italian Premeir [sic] After Toppling Letta". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Giada Zampano (19 March 2015). "Italian Infrastructure Minister Maurizio Lupi Will Resign". The Wall Street Journal. Rome. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal". Euronews. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ James Walston (1 May 2013). "Italy's fragile new government is unlikely to stay for the long haul". London School of Economics. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Italy: a new political Government (finally) in place" (PDF). Fleishman Hillard. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Milan
- Italian Roman Catholics
- Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
- Forza Italia politicians
- The People of Freedom politicians
- New Centre-Right politicians
- Popular Alternative politicians
- Transport ministers of Italy
- Government ministers of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
- Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy
- Letta Cabinet
- Renzi Cabinet
- Communion and Liberation