Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic explained

Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic
Native Name:Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica
Jurisdiction:Government of Italy
Headquarters:Palazzo Chigi, Rome
Chief4 Position:Undersecretary
Website:sicurezzanazionale.gov.it

The Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic (Italian: Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica), is a government agency within the Council of Ministers with the aim of coordinating the Prime Minister and intelligence agencies.[1] The current office holder is Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

History

The Delegated Authority was foreseen with the Italian intelligence reform of 2007 promoted by the government of Romano Prodi and officially implemented on 13 August 2007. In October 2007 Prodi delegated the authority to the Enrico Luigi Micheli.[2] In 2011, Prime Minister Mario Monti initially did not delegate the mandate, maintaining his prerogatives over Italian intelligence. Even Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not appoint a delegated authority, keeping responsibility for it in his powers for almost the entire duration of his two governments.

In June 2021, the Council of Ministers of the Mario Draghi government approved the establishment of a National Cybersecurity Agency, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Delegated Authority.[3]

List of Undersecretaries

width=1% rowspan=2Portraitwidth=15% rowspan=2Name
(Born–Died)
width=30% colspan=3Term of officewidth=15% rowspan=2 colspan=2Partywidth=10% rowspan=2Governmentwidth=1% rowspan=2
width=11%Took officewidth=11%Left officewidth=8%Time in office
Enrico Luigi Micheli
26 October 20078 May 2008The Daisy /
Democratic Party
Prodi II
Gianni Letta
(1935–)
8 May 200816 November 2011The People of FreedomBerlusconi IV
Giovanni De Gennaro
(1948–)
14 May 201228 April 2013IndependentMonti
Marco Minniti
(1956–)
17 May 201312 December 2016Democratic PartyLetta
Renzi
Luciano Pizzetti
29 December 20161 June 2018Democratic PartyGentiloni
Pietro Benassi
(1958–)
22 January 202113 February 2021IndependentConte II
Franco Gabrielli
(1960–)
1 March 202122 October 2022IndependentDraghi
Alfredo Mantovano
(1958–)
22 October 2022IncumbentIndependentMeloni

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/sisr.nsf/organizzazione/la-nostra-organizzazione-2/autorita-delegata.html Autorità delegata
  2. https://www1.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/notizie/sicurezza/0894_2007_10_26_Autorita_delegata_sicurezza_Repubblica.html_30515125.html Istituita l’Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica. L'incarico affidato al Sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Enrico Micheli
  3. https://www.acn.gov.it/ Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale