Vito Crimi

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Vito Crimi
Vito Claudio Crimi datisenato 2018.jpg
Leader of the Five Star Movement
Acting
In office
22 January 2020 – 6 August 2021
Preceded byLuigi Di Maio
Succeeded byGiuseppe Conte (as President)
Member of the Senate of the Republic
Assumed office
15 March 2013
ConstituencyLombardy
Personal details
Born
Vito Claudio Crimi

(1972-04-26) 26 April 1972 (age 49)
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Political partyFive Star Movement
ProfessionPolitician

Vito Claudio Crimi (born 26 April 1972) is an Italian politician, member of the Five Star Movement, of which he was appointed acting leader on 22 January 2020.[1] Since 2013, he has been a serving member of the Italian Senate.

Biography[]

Vito Crimi was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1972. He grew up in the Brancaccio district; he enrolled in a degree course in mathematics at the University of Palermo, without completing his studies. In 2000 he moved to Brescia where he worked as a court clerk at the Appellate court.[2]

In 2007 he joined the Friends of Beppe Grillo Meetup in Brescia. He was candidate for president with the Five Star Movement in the 2010 Lombard regional election, but obtained only 3% of the preferences.[3]

In 2013 he was elected Senator in the Lombardy constituency, and from 19 March to 16 June he was chairman of the parliamentary group of the Five Star Movement in the Senate. He was re-elected Senator in 2018 and served as Undersecretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for publishing in the Conte I Cabinet.[4]

On 13 September 2019, he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior in the second government of Giuseppe Conte.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Acting Leader of the Five Star Movement
2020–2021
Succeeded by
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