Barbara Lezzi

Senator
Barbara Lezzi
Minister for Southern Italy
Assumed office
1 June 2018
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
Preceded by Claudio De Vincenti
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
23 March 2018
Constituency Apulia
In office
15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Constituency Apulia
Personal details
Born (1972-04-24) 24 April 1972
Lecce, Italy
Political party Five Star Movement

Barbara Lezzi (born 24 April 1972) is an Italian politician, who serves in the government of Italy as Minister for the South since 1 June 2018.

Biography

Barbara Lezzi was born in Lecce on 24 April 1972. She took a diploma at the Commercial Technical Institute "Deledda" of Lecce and in 1992 she was taken as an employee by a company in the commerce sector.

Political career

She was elected Senator for the first time in the 2013 Italian general election. Subsequently, she became Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget and Economic Planning and member of the Standing Committee on European Policies. She was re-elected Senator in the 2018 general election.

On 1 June 2018 she was appointed Minister for Southern Italy of the Conte Cabinet.[1]

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