Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014,leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.
Mario Draghi is an Italian economist,academic,banker,statesman and civil servant who served as the prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister,he served as the president of the European Central Bank (ECB) between 2011 and 2019. Draghi was also the chair of the Financial Stability Board between 2009 and 2011,and governor of the Bank of Italy between 2006 and 2011.
Lega Lombarda,whose complete name is Lega Lombarda per Salvini Premier,is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Established in 1984,it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Lombardy since 2020. Along with Liga Veneta,the LL has formed the bulk of the federal party (LN/LSP),which has been led by Lombards since its foundation.
Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician and jurist who has been President of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 2023,Mattarella has been the only living Italian president.
Festa della Repubblica is the Italian National Day and Republic Day,which is celebrated on 2 June each year,with the main celebration taking place in Rome. The Festa della Repubblica is one of the national symbols of Italy.
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The Vigili del Fuoco is Italy's institutional agency for fire and rescue service. It is part of the Ministry of Interior's Dipartimento dei Vigili del Fuoco,del Soccorso Pubblico e della Difesa Civile. The Corps' task is to provide safety for people,animals,and property,and to give technical assistance to industries,as well as providing fire prevention advice. It also ensures public safety in terrorist emergencies such as chemical,bacteriological,radiological,and nuclear attacks.
The Protezione Civile,officially Dipartimento della Protezione Civile,is the national body in Italy that deals with the prediction,prevention and management of emergency events. It was established in 1992 by legge 24 febbraio 1992,n. 225,which was updated in 2012,and it is supervised by the office of the Prime Minister. The duties of the Protezione Civile are to predict,prevent and manage at national level disasters and catastrophes,both natural and human-made. The main goal is to protect the sake of life,the properties,the settlements and the environment from damage and dangers.
The Ministry of the Interior is a government agency of Italy,headquartered in Rome. It is a cabinet-level ministry of the Italian Republic. As of October 2022,Matteo Piantedosi,former Prefect of Rome,is the minister.
Giuseppe Zamberletti was an Italian politician and one of the founders of Italy's Protezione Civile,of which he was the first minister in Italy from 1981.
Andrea Orlando is an Italian politician who served as minister of labour and social policies from 2021 to 2022 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi. From 2013 to 2014 he served as minister of the environment under Enrico Letta and as minister of justice under Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni from 2014 to 2018. He served as deputy secretary of the Democratic Party between 2019 and 2021.
An earthquake,measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale,hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST. Its epicentre was close to Accumoli,with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km,approximately 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Perugia and 45 km (28 mi) north of L'Aquila,in an area near the borders of the Umbria,Lazio,Abruzzo and Marche regions. As of 15 November 2016,299 people had been killed.
Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist,academic,and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
Lega,whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier,is a right-wing populist political party in Italy,led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord.
Angelo Borrelli is an Italian government official,who served as Head of the Civil Protection,from 8 August 2017 until 26 February 2021.
Domenico Arcuri is an Italian manager. In March 2020,he was appointed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic,one of the most influential role during the emergency. Arcuri held the office until March 2021,when he was dismissed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi because of alleged 77 million euros he had received as a commission for mask purchases.
Francesco Paolo Figliuolo is an Italian army corps general. On 1 March 2021,he was appointed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the COVID-19 pandemic,to lead the vaccination campaign.
The 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days,culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being confirmed for a second term,with a total of 759 votes on the eighth ballot. This was the second most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. Mattarella became the second president to be re-elected,his predecessor Giorgio Napolitano being the first.
The Quirinal Treaty,formally the Treaty between the French Republic and the Italian Republic for a Strengthened Bilateral Cooperation,is a bilateral agreement between the Italian Republic and the French Republic,which was signed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Emmanuel Macron at the Quirinal Palace in Rome,on 26 November 2021.
Elveno Pastorelli was an Italian engineer and prefect,the first operational manager of Italian civil protection.
