Barbara Lezzi
Barbara Lezzi | |
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Minister for the South | |
In office 1 June 2018 – 5 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Giuseppe Conte |
Preceded by | Claudio De Vincenti |
Succeeded by | Peppe Provenzano |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 15 March 2013 – 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Apulia |
Personal details | |
Born | Lecce, Italy | 24 April 1972
Political party | Five Star Movement (2009-2021) |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Occupation | Politician |
Barbara Lezzi (born 24 April 1972 in Lecce) is an Italian politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for the South from 1 June 2018 until 5 September 2019.
Biography
[edit]Barbara Lezzi was born in Lecce on 24 April 1972. She took a diploma at the Commercial Technical Institute "Deledda" of Lecce and in 1992 she was taken as an employee by a company in the commerce sector.
Political career
[edit]She was elected Senator for the first time in the 2013 Italian general election. Subsequently, she became Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget and Economic Planning and member of the Standing Committee on European Policies. She was re-elected Senator in the 2018 Italian general election.
On 1 June 2018, she was appointed Minister for Southern Italy of the Conte Cabinet.[1]
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Personal life
[edit]Lezzi married Rocco Zaminga, an accountant. She gave birth to a son in 2016 named Cristiano Attila.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Chi è Lezzi, il nuovo ministro per il Sud
- ^ "Lecce, la ministra Lezzi partecipa a convegno con il figlio in braccio | Sky TG24". tg24.sky.it. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
Media related to Barbara Lezzi at Wikimedia Commons
- 21st-century Italian women politicians
- 1972 births
- People from Lecce
- Five Star Movement politicians
- Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy
- Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy
- Women government ministers of Italy
- Living people
- Conte I Cabinet
- 20th-century Italian women
- Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)