Angelo Borrelli (born 18 November 1964) is an Italian government
official, who served as Head of the
Civil Protection
Civil defense ( en, region=gb, civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from man-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, miti ...
, from 8 August 2017 until 26 February 2021.
Biography
Borrelli was born in
Santi Cosma e Damiano
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, near
Latina
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in
Lazio
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region. He graduated in economics at the
University of Cassino
The University of Cassino and Southern Lazio ( it, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale) is an Italian public research university located in Cassino, Italy. It was established in 1979.
Organization
The University of Cassino ...
, becoming auditor and
tax advisor A tax advisor or tax consultant is a person with advanced training and knowledge of tax law. The services of a tax advisor are usually retained in order to minimize taxation while remaining compliant with the law in complicated financial situations. ...
.
Leading member of Civil Protection
In 2000 he entered the National Office for Civil Service. In 2002 he was appointed executive of the
Civil Protection Department, the government body in
Italy
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that deals with the prediction, prevention and management of exceptional events. From 2010 to August 2017 he served as Deputy Head of the Civil Protection, and when Fabrizio Curcio resigned, Prime Minister
Paolo Gentiloni
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri (; born 22 November 1954) is an Italian politician who has served as European Commissioner for Economy in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019. He previously served as prime minister of Italy from December ...
appointed him new Head of the Civil Protection.
As Head of the Civil Protection he had to face the reconstruction after the
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
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, which was still to be completed.
COVID-19 pandemic
On 31 January, the
Italian Council of Ministers appointed Borrelli Extraordinary Commissioner for
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
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In early 2020, Italy became one of the world's main centres for confirmed cases of
COVID-19
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. As of September 2020, more than 270,000 coronavirus cases were confirmed, affecting mainly
Lombardy,
Emilia-Romagna
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Veneto
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and
Piedmont
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In late January, the government banned all flights from and to China, becoming the first European country to adopt this measure. On 22 February, the
Council of Ministers
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announced a bill to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, quarantining more than 50,000 people from 11 different municipalities in
Northern Italy. Prime Minister Conte stated: "In the outbreak areas, entry and exit will not be provided. Suspension of work activities and sport events has already been ordered in those areas."
Schools were closed in 10 municipalities in Lombardy, one in Veneto and in Emilia-Romagna. In some areas, all public events were cancelled and commercial activities were halted. Regional train services suspended the stops in the most affected areas – with trains not stopping at Codogno, Maleo and Casalpusterlengo stations. Universities in Lombardy suspended all activities from 23 February.
On 8 March 2020, on the advise of the Civil Protection scientific committee, Prime Minister Conte extended the quarantine to all of
Lombardy and 14 other northern provinces,
putting more than a quarter of the national population under lockdown. On the following day, he announced in a press conference that all measures previously applied only in the so-called "red zones" had been extended to the whole country, putting ''de facto'' 60 million people in lockdown. He later proceeded to officially sign the executive decree. This measure was described as the largest lockdown in human history.
[To contain coronavirus, Italy will restrict movement across much of its northern region, including the city of Milan]
, ''The Washington Post
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'', Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli, 7 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
On 16 March 2020, Prime Minister
Giuseppe Conte
Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) since August 2021.
Conte ...
appointed
Domenico Arcuri as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation and Coordination of the Measures to Contain and Combat the Epidemiological Emergency
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
. Arcuri replaced ''de facto'' Borrelli at the head of the committee responsible in dealing with the health emergency.
On 26 February 2021, he was replaced at the head of the Civil Protection by Fabrizio Curcio.
Draghi nomina Curcio capo Protezione Civile
''Il Sole 24 Ore''
References
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1964 births
Living people
Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Italian civil servants
People from Latina, Lazio