Maurizio Lupi Explained

Office:Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
Predecessor:Corrado Passera
Successor:Graziano Delrio
Term Start:28 April 2013
Term End:20 March 2015
Office1:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start1:30 May 2001
Constituency1:Lombardy
Birth Name:Maurizio Enzo Lupi
Birth Date: df=y 3 October 1959
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Party:NM (since 2022)
Alma Mater:Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Nationality:Italian
Children:3
Height:1.74m (05.71feet)

Maurizio Enzo Lupi (born 3 October 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as minister of infrastructure and transport between 28 April 2013 and 20 March 2015.

Early life and education

Lupi was born in Milan, Italy, on 3 October 1959.[1] [2] He has a degree in political science at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.[2]

Career

Lupi served as a member of the municipal council of Milan from 1993 to 1997 and until 1996 he was vice president of the council. He has been a member of the Italian parliament since the XIV legislative period or 2001.[1]

He served as deputy house speaker until 28 April 2013 when he was appointed minister of infrastructure and transport in the Letta cabinet.[3] [4] He replaced Corrado Passera in the post.[5] Lupi joined the New Centre-Right formed by Angelino Alfano in November 2013.[6] [7] Lupi continued to serve as the minister of infrastructure and transport in the cabinet formed by Matteo Renzi in February 2014.[8]

Resignation

On 19 March 2015, Lupi announced that he would step down as minister the following day due to a scandal involving public works on infrastructure in which his name was cited several times.[9] His tenure as infrastructure and transport minister ended the next day when he resigned from the post, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi accepted it.[10]

Personal life and views

Lupi is married and has three children.[11]

In the Letta cabinet, Lupi was one of two members of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.[12] He is a strong supporter of the TAV project that would connect Italy and France via high-speed rail.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scheda di attività. Who Are Italy's New Ministers?. 16 June 2013. 6 June 2013. Senato. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616081900/http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Attsen/00017690.htm.
  2. News: Alex Roe. 29 April 2013. Who are Italy's new ministers?. 12 May 2013. Italy Chronicles.
  3. News: Cl, tutti i ciellini del presidente. Piccola mappa della diaspora del fu potere Celeste. Il Foglio. 11 November 2016. 19 July 2018. it.
  4. it. l'Espresso. 26 August 2016. Senza Formigoni e Lupi la rete di Cl è più forte di prima. 19 July 2018.
  5. News: The Who's Who of the Monti Government. 7 September 2013. i-Italy. 16 November 2011. Francesca Giuliani.
  6. News: What the Alfano-Berlusconi split means for Italian politics. Suffragio. 20 November 2013. Kevin Lees. 18 November 2013.
  7. News: Italy's Maurizio Lupi to step down after being embroiled in corruption scandal. The Telegraph. 20 March 2015. Reuters. 20 March 2015.
  8. News: Andrew Frye. Chiara Vasarri. Renzi Sworn in as Italian After Toppling Letta. Bloomberg News. 14 July 2014. 22 February 2014.
  9. News: Giada Zampano. Italian Infrastructure Minister Maurizio Lupi Will Resign. 19 March 2015. The Wall Street Journal. 19 March 2015. Rome.
  10. News: Italy: Transport minister resigns amid major corruption scandal. 20 March 2015. Euronews. 20 March 2015.
  11. Web site: LUPI Maurizio Enzo. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213152920/http://www.whoswho.eu/biografie.php?lan=eng. Who's who. 20 June 2013. dead. 13 February 2012.
  12. News: James Walston. Italy's fragile new government is unlikely to stay for the long haul. London School of Economics. 1 May 2013. 17 May 2013.
  13. News: Italy: a new political Government (finally) in place. 17 May 2013. Fleishman Hillard. 1 May 2013.