Raffaele Fitto
Raffaele Fitto | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Executive Vice-President of the European Commission | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| European Commissioner for Cohesion Policy, Regional Development and Cities | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Elisa Ferreira |
| Minister for European Affairs, the South and Cohesion Policies and the NRRP | |
| In office 22 October 2022 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
| Preceded by | Vincenzo Amendola (European Affairs, 2021) Mara Carfagna (South and Cohesion) |
| Succeeded by | Tommaso Foti |
| Co-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 12 October 2022 | |
| Served alongside | Ryszard Legutko Jorge Buxadé |
| Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 12 October 2022 | |
| In office 20 July 1999 – 20 June 2000 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 13 October 2022 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Constituency | Apulia |
| In office 28 April 2006 – 25 June 2014 | |
| Constituency | Apulia |
| Minister for Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion | |
| In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Linda Lanzillotta |
| Succeeded by | Piero Gnudi (Regional Affairs) Fabrizio Barca (Territorial Cohesion) |
| President of Apulia | |
| In office 19 May 2000 – 27 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Salvatore Distaso |
| Succeeded by | Nichi Vendola |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1969 Maglie, Italy |
| Party | FdI (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | DC (1990–1994) PPI (1994–1995) CDU (1995–1998) CDL (1998–2001) FI (2001–2009) PdL (2009–2013) FI (2013–2015) CoR (2015–2017) DI (2017–2019) |
| Spouse | Adriana Panzera |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Bari |
| Website | raffaelefitto |
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Raffaele Fitto (Italian pronunciation: [raffaˈɛːle ˈfitto]; born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician who has served as Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms since 2024. He previously was Minister for European Affairs and Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni from 2022 to 2024. A member of Brothers of Italy (FdI), which he joined in 2019, he also served as President of Apulia from 2000 to 2005 and Minister for Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion from 2008 to 2011 in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government.