Giancarlo Giorgetti

Giancarlo Giorgetti (born 16 December 1966 in Cazzago Brabbia) is an Italian politician and prominent member of Lega Nord, of which he became deputy secretary in 2013. He was secretary of the Council of Ministers in the ConteIcabinet.

Giancarlo Giorgetti
Secretary of the Council of Ministers
In office
1 June 2018 – 5 September 2019
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Conte
Preceded byMaria Elena Boschi
Succeeded byRiccardo Fraccaro
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Lombardy's 2nd district
Assumed office
9 May 1996
Personal details
Born (1966-12-16) 16 December 1966
Cazzago Brabbia, province of Varese, Italy
Political partyLega Nord
EducationBocconi University

Political career

In the early 1990s, he joined Lega Lombarda and Lega Nord. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in 1996 Italian general election, he was re-elected in 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2018. From 2001 to 2006, he was the chairman of the Budget Committee in the Chamber. Within the party, he was national secretary of Lega Lombarda from 2002 to 2012 and has been deputy federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2016.

Giorgetti was described by The New York Times as a powerful aide to Umberto Bossi,[1] founder and federal secretary of Lega Nord from 1991 to 2012; and by The Economist as his "dauphin".[2] In 2010, The Guardian described him as an "influential member of Berlusconi's Lega Nord party",[3] where Berlusconi stood erroneously for Bossi. Under Matteo Salvini, Bossi's opponent and new federal secretary of Lega Nord since 2013, Giorgetti continued to be one of the most influential members of the party.[4]

Political views and controversies

Giorgetti is a federalist and regionalist politician who supports decentralization. Speaking at the 2018 edition of the Communion and Liberation Rimini Meeting on 20 August 2018, he addressed the rise of populism, stating that "the Italian Parliament doesn't matter anymore because it's no longer understood by citizens, who see it as a place of political inconclusiveness".[5]

Giorgetti is a vocal supporter of a first-past-the-post based electoral system and pushes for a return to the Italian electoral law of 1993 (Mattarellum), although it was repealed in favor of the Italian electoral law of 2005 (Porcellum, subsequently declared unconstitutional) with Lega Nord's support.[6] In 2020 Giorgetti argued that Italy needs an electoral system that "makes possible to govern. Of all the electoral systems I've known, the one that worked best is Mattarellum", claiming that "local mayors, entrepreneurs, professionals and people representing their own territory were brought into nationwide politics thanks to FPTP's single-member districts mechanism".

In 2006 Giorgetti found himself at the center of a controversy for having refused, in 2004, a 50–100,000 euro bribe from Italian banker Gianpiero Fiorani.[7][8]

References
  1. Donadio, Rachel (15 September 2010). "A New Power Broker Rises in Italy". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 June 2020. “As a member of the league, I should say that I want to vote tomorrow,” said Giancarlo Giorgetti, the chairman of the Lower House budget committee and one of Mr. Bossi’s most powerful deputies.
  2. "Bossi's boots: Its leader gravely ill, the Northern League faces an uncertain future". The Economist. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2020. Two years ago, Mr Bossi called Giancarlo Giorgetti, the 37-year-old secretary of the Lombard League, the original core of the party, his “dauphin”.
  3. Matt Scott (27 January 2010). "Questions remain over Notts County affairs ahead of court date". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2020. It is strongly possible that the contact was made on the recommendation of Giancarlo Giorgetti, an influential member of Berlusconi's Northern League party who just so happens to be a massive Saints fan.
  4. "Tanti consiglieri intorno a Salvini, ma il leader ascolta solo Giorgetti" [Many advisers around Salvini, but the leader only listens to Giorgetti]. Linkiesta (in Italian). 26 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. "Meeting Rimini, Giorgetti: "Parlamento non conta più nulla, democrazia un feticcio"" [Rimini Meeting, Giorgetti: "Parliament doesn't matter anymore, democracy is a fetish"]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. "Legge elettorale, Giorgetti: "Torniamo al Mattarellum"" [Electoral law, Giorgetti: "Let's go back to Mattarellum"] (in Italian). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. "Travaglio a Servizio pubblico: chi sono i saggi e la mazzetta alla Camera" [Travaglio speaks during Servizio pubblico: who are the wise men and the bribe in the Chamber of Deputies]. leggioggi.it (in Italian). 5 April 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  8. "La mazzetta per Giorgetti non si trova" [Bribe for Giorgetti is nowhere to be found]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 8 March 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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