Guido Crosetto
Guido Crosetto | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Minister of Defence | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Guerini |
| Coordinator of Brothers of Italy | |
| In office 28 January 2018 – 13 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Giovanni Donzelli |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| In office 4 April 2013 – 8 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Donzelli |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 23 March 2018 – 13 March 2019 | |
| Constituency | Lombardy |
| In office 30 May 2001 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Constituency | Piedmont |
| Mayor of Marene | |
| In office 28 May 1990 – 14 June 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Lampertico |
| Succeeded by | Edoardo Giuseppe Pelissero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1963 Cuneo, Italy |
| Party | DC (1985–1994) FI (2000–2009) PdL (2009–2012) FdI (since 2012) |
| Spouse | Gaia Saponaro |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Giovanni Crosetto (nephew) |
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Guido Crosetto (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian politician and businessman who is the Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022. Crosetto began his political career in Christian Democracy (DC). He was mainly involved in the local politics of Piedmont. From 1990 to 2004, he was mayor of Marene. In 2000, he joined Forza Italia (FI). His rise in national politics began with his election to the Chamber of Deputies in 2001, a position he held until 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.
In 2009, Crosetto joined The People of Freedom (PdL) and served as an undersecretary at the Ministry of Defence in the fourth Berlusconi government from 2008 to 2011. In 2012, Crosetto was among the founders (alongside Giorgia Meloni and Ignazio La Russa) of Brothers of Italy (FdI), of which he served as national coordinator from 2013 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2019, representing its moderate wing. In 2022, he became Minister of Defence in the Meloni government.