Maurizio Martina
Italian politician (born 1978)
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- Maurizio Martina (born 9 September 1978) is an Italian politician, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
- He served as Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies from 22 February 2014 to 13 March 2018, in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni.
- Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
- He grew up in a middle-class working family, he attended the Agricultural Institute and later he graduated in political science at the University of Macerata.
- In the early 2000s he became a leading member of the Youth Left, the youth wing of the DS.
Maurizio Martina (born 9 September 1978) is an Italian politician, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Former member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy from 2018 to 2021, Martina served as secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from March to November 2018, being appointed after the 2018 Italian general election. He served as Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies from 22 February 2014 to 13 March 2018, in the governments of Matteo Renzi and Paolo Gentiloni. On 7 May 2017, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party. Martina resigned as Agriculture Minister and took over as acting secretary of the PD after Matteo Renzi resigned following a poor election showing in 2018.
Biography
Martina was born in Calcinate, near Bergamo, in 1978. He grew up in a middle-class working family, he attended the Agricultural Institute and later he graduated in political science at the University of Macerata.
In 1994, he joined the Students' Movement, a left-wing organization, and in 1999 he was elected to the city council of Mornico al Serio for the Democrats of the Left (DS). In the early 2000s he became a leading member of the Youth Left, the youth wing of the DS.
In 2007, he joined the new-founded Democratic Party and in 2009 he was appointed Responsible for Agriculture in the new secretariat led by Pier Luigi Bersani.
In 2013, he was appointed undersecretary to the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, in the government of Enrico Letta.
Minister of Agriculture
On 22 February 2014, when the new secretary of the PD, Matteo Renzi, forced Letta to resign, becoming the new prime minister, he appointed Martina Minister of Agriculture.
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