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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Giorgia Meloni
- Preceded by
- Lorenzo Guerini
- Constituency
- Lombardy
- Succeeded by
- Edoardo Giuseppe Pelissero
- Born
- ( 1963-09-19 ) 19 September 1963 (age 62) , Cuneo , Italy
- Party
- DC (1985–1994), FI (2000–2009), PdL (2009–2012), FdI (since 2012)
- Spouse
- Gaia Saponaro
- Relatives
- Giovanni Crosetto (nephew)
- Profession
- Businessman politician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Cuneo
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Brothers of Italy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Official website
- www.guidocrosetto.it
- Image
- Guido Crosetto foto ufficiale (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- Guido Crosetto
- date of birth
- 1963-09-19
- name in native language
- Guido Crosetto
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- 262936
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guido Crosetto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.