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.
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]
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]
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]
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]