| Matteo Richetti | |
| Office1: | Spokesman of the Democratic Party |
| Term Start1: | 7 May 2017 |
| Term End1: | 14 July 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Lorenzo Guerini |
| Successor1: | Marianna Madia |
| Office2: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start2: | 13 October 2022 |
| Constituency2: | Emilia-Romagna |
| Term Start3: | 15 May 2013 |
| Term End3: | 22 March 2018 |
| Constituency3: | Emilia-Romagna |
| Office4: | Member of the Senate |
| Term Start4: | 23 March 2018 |
| Term End4: | 13 October 2022 |
| Constituency4: | Emilia-Romagna |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Sassuolo, Italy |
| Profession: | Journalist |
Matteo Richetti (born 3 August 1974) is an Italian politician, a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and former spokesman of the Democratic Party.[1]
Matteo Richetti was born in Sassuolo, Modena in 1974. He started his interest in politics when he attended the lyceum.
In 2003 he became a member of the Christian leftist The Daisy party; in 2007 he joined the Democratic Party.[2]
During 2010s he became a close advisor of Matteo Renzi, former Mayor of Florence and Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. In 2017 Renzi appointed Richetti spokesman of the Democratic Party.[3]
On 8 April 2018, Richetti launched his reformist faction Harambee and announced his intention to run as next secretary of the Democratic Party.[4] [5]
On 10 September 2019, Richetti announced his abstention regarding the investiture vote of the new government between PD and the Five Star Movement, and his subsequent exit from the party.[6] On the same day, he stated that he would join Carlo Calenda's movement, Action.[7]