List of secretaries of the Democratic Party (Italy) explained

The secretary of the Democratic Party is the leader of the Democratic Party, the main centre-left political party in Italy.^[1]

Secretaries

N°		width=85px	Portrait	width=45%	Name (Born–Died)	width=45% colspan=2	Term of office	width=15%	Primary election
1			Walter Veltroni (1955–)	14 October 2007	21 February 2009	2007
2			Dario Franceschini (1958–)	21 February 2009	7 November 2009	None^[2]
3			Pier Luigi Bersani (1951–)	7 November 2009	20 April 2013	2009
Vacant^[3]				20 April 2013	11 May 2013
4			Guglielmo Epifani (1950–2021)	11 May 2013	15 December 2013	None^[4]
5			Matteo Renzi (1975–)	15 December 2013	19 February 2017	2013
Vacant^[5]				19 February 2017	7 May 2017
(5)			Matteo Renzi (1975–)	7 May 2017	12 March 2018	2017
Vacant^[6]				12 March 2018	7 July 2018
6			Maurizio Martina (1978–)	7 July 2018	17 November 2018	None^[7]
Vacant^[8]				17 November 2018	17 March 2019
7			Nicola Zingaretti (1965–)	17 March 2019	14 March 2021	2019
8			Enrico Letta (1966–)	14 March 2021	12 March 2023	None^[9]
9			Elly Schlein (1985–)	12 March 2023	Incumbent	2023

Secretary tenure

Rank	Secretary	Total time in office	Terms
1	Matteo Renzi		2
2	Pier Luigi Bersani		1
3	Enrico Letta		1
4	Nicola Zingaretti		1
5	Walter Veltroni		1
6	Elly Schlein		1
7	Dario Franceschini		1
8	Guglielmo Epifani		1
9	Maurizio Martina		1

Secretaries timeline

Deputy secretaries

N°		width=85px	Portrait	width=45%	Name (Born–Died)	width=45% colspan=2	Term of office	width=15%	Secretary
1			Dario Franceschini (1958–)	14 October 2007	21 February 2009	Veltroni
Vacant				21 February 2009	7 November 2009	Franceschini
2			Enrico Letta (1966–)	7 November 2009	20 April 2013	Bersani
Vacant				20 April 2013	28 March 2014	Epifani
3			Lorenzo Guerini (1966–)	28 March 2014	7 May 2017	Renzi
		Debora Serracchiani (1970–)
4			Maurizio Martina (1978–)	7 May 2017	12 March 2018
Vacant				12 March 2018	17 April 2019	Martina
5			Paola De Micheli (1973–)	17 April 2019	5 September 2019	Zingaretti
		Andrea Orlando (1969–)	17 March 2021
6			Peppe Provenzano (1982–)	17 March 2021	12 March 2023	Letta
		Irene Tinagli (1974–)

Deputy secretary tenure

Rank	Secretary	Total time in office	Secretary
1	Enrico Letta		Pier Luigi Bersani
2	Lorenzo Guerini Debora Serracchiani		Matteo Renzi (1st term)
3	Peppe Provenzano Irene Tinagli		Enrico Letta
4	Andrea Orlando		Nicola Zingaretti
5	Dario Franceschini		Walter Veltroni
6	Maurizio Martina		Matteo Renzi (2nd term)
7	Paola De Micheli		Nicola Zingaretti

Deputy secretaries timeline

Notes and References

1. https://www.partitodemocratico.it/statuto/ Statuto del Partito Democratico
2. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Veltroni.
3. No one served as Acting Secretary.
4. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Bersani.
5. Party's President, Matteo Orfini, served as Acting Secretary.
6. Party's Deputy Secretary, Maurizio Martina, served as Acting Secretary.
7. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Renzi.
8. No one served as Acting Secretary.
9. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Zingaretti.