Luca Lotti (born 20 June 1982) is an Italian politician who served as the Minister for Sport from 2016 to 2018 in the

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Biography

Born in

Empoli Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...

, Lotti graduated in Administration Sciences at the Cesare Alfieri Institute in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

with a thesis on "e-government on relations between public administration and citizens". He was member of

Azione Cattolica The Azione Cattolica Italiana, or Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action) for short, is a widespread Roman Catholic lay association in Italy. History In Italy in 1905, Azione Cattolica was established as a non-political lay organization under the dir ...

, he played soccer in

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and he was also a coach of a soccer team of children. In 2004 and 2009 Lotti was elected municipal councillor in

Montelupo Fiorentino Montelupo Fiorentino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence. Geography The area is predominantly hilly and is crossed by the river Pesa that, particu ...

. In 2006, he joined the staff of

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been ...

, at the time President of the Province of Florence. In 2009, after the election of Renzi as mayor of Florence, he was named Responsible for the Mayor's Secretariat and subsequently Head of the cabinet in the municipality of Florence. In 2013, he was elected in the Italian general election to the

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; from 28 February 2014 he was Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council with responsibility for information, communication and publishing in the

Renzi Cabinet The Renzi government was the 63rd government of the Italian Republic, in office from February 2014 to December 2016. It was led by Matteo Renzi, secretary and leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD). The government was composed of membe ...

. He was also secretary of the interministerial Committee for economic planning. From 2016 to 2018, he served as the Minister for Sport in the

. He was reelected deputy in the

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Judicial proceedings

Investigation on Consip contracts

In December 2016, Lotti was investigated for aiding and revealing secret investigations in an inquiry into Consip tenders conducted by the public prosecutor in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. On 15 March 2017, the Senate rejected a distrust motion tabled by the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

against him for this circumstance. In October 2018, the judge for preliminary investigations required that Lotti be indicted for aiding and abetting.

Appointments of chief prosecutors

According to the prosecutor's office of Perugia, numerous meetings would take place in May 2019 between Luca Palamara, a member of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM) who then resigned following a corruption investigation, and the MPs Cosimo Ferri and Luca Lotti to discuss the appointment of the head of the Rome prosecutor's office, which requested the trial for Lotti.Magistrati indagati, gli incontri notturni di Palamara con Lotti&Co. per pilotare le nomine dei procuratori capo
/ref> On 14 June 2019, Lotti suspended himself from the Democratic Party following his involvement in the investigation into the powers of attorney and the appointment of the CSM.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lotti, Luca 1982 births Living people Government ministers of Italy Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy People from Empoli

Biography

Judicial proceedings

Investigation on Consip contracts

Appointments of chief prosecutors

See also

References