Maurizio Enzo 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.

Maurizio Lupi
Maurizio Lupi in March 2012
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
In office
28 April 2013 – 20 March 2015
Prime Minister
Preceded byCorrado Passera
Succeeded byGraziano Delrio
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
30 May 2001
ConstituencyLombardy
Personal details
Born
Maurizio Enzo Lupi

(1959-10-03) 3 October 1959 (age 64)
Milan, Italy
Political partyNcI (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
  • DC (before 1994)
  • FI (1994–2009)
  • PdL (2009–2013)
  • NCD (2013–2017)
  • AP (2017)
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Children3
Alma materUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Early life and education edit

Lupi was born in Milan, Italy, on 3 October 1959.[1][2] He has a degree in political science at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.[2]

Career edit

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.[3] He has been a member of the Italian parliament since the XIV legislative period or 2001.[1][3]

He served as deputy house speaker until 28 April 2013 when he was appointed minister of infrastructure and transport in the Letta cabinet.[4][5] He replaced Corrado Passera in the post.[6] Lupi joined the New Centre-Right formed by Angelino Alfano in November 2013.[7][8] Lupi continued to serve as the minister of infrastructure and transport in the cabinet formed by Matteo Renzi in February 2014.[9]

Resignation edit

On 19 March 2015 Lupi 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.[10] His tenure as infrastructure and transport minister ended the next day when he resigned from the post, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi accepted it.[11]

Personal life and views edit

Lupi is married and has three children.[3]

In the Letta cabinet, Lupi was one of two members of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.[12] He is a strong supporter of the TAV project that would connect Italy and France via high-speed rail.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Who Are Italy's New Ministers?". Scheda di attività. Senato. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b Alex Roe (29 April 2013). "Who are Italy's new ministers?". Italy Chronicles. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "LUPI Maurizio Enzo". Who's who. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Cl, tutti i ciellini del presidente. Piccola mappa della diaspora del fu potere Celeste". Il Foglio (in Italian). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Senza Formigoni e Lupi la rete di Cl è più forte di prima". l'Espresso (in Italian). 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. ^ Francesca Giuliani (16 November 2011). "The Who's Who of the Monti Government". i-Italy. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  7. ^ Kevin Lees (18 November 2013). "What the Alfano-Berlusconi split means for Italian politics". Suffragio. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Italy's Maurizio Lupi to step down after being embroiled in corruption scandal". The Telegraph. Reuters. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  9. ^ Andrew Frye; Chiara Vasarri (22 February 2014). "Renzi Sworn in as Italian Premeir [sic] After Toppling Letta". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  10. ^ Giada Zampano (19 March 2015). "Italian Infrastructure Minister Maurizio Lupi Will Resign". The Wall Street Journal. Rome. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal". Euronews. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Italy: a new political Government (finally) in place" (PDF). Fleishman Hillard. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

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