Matteo Renzi
Former Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 until December 2016. Renzi served as President of the Province of Florence from 2004 to 2009 and as Mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014.
"The transformation of risks into opportunities is the quality of leadership."
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Renzi is the youngest person to serve as Italian Prime Minister and was the youngest leader in the G7. He was also the first serving Mayor to become Prime Minister. In 2014, the American magazine Fortune ranked Renzi as the third most influential person under 40 in the world, and Foreign Policy listed him as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. Moreover, Renzi is nicknamed il Rottamatore (the Scrapper) due to his ambition of renovating the Italian political establishment. Renzi, who did not hold a seat in either house of Parliament during his tenure as Prime Minister, became a member of the Senate as a result of the 2018 general election. Following the 2018 election, Renzi announced his resignation as Secretary of the Democratic Party, effective 12 March 2018.
WHAT he OFFERS YOU
Matteo Renzi has a wealth of experience in the field of political and economic issues, both at home and abroad. Decision makers from all fields benefit from his wide-ranging knowledge of international affairs, the environment and most of all his keen insight and grasp of global economic issues.