Luciana Lamorgese (born 11 September 1953) is an Italian

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and

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who served as

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in the governments of

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Giuseppe Conte Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...

and

Mario Draghi Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian economist, academic, banker and civil servant who served as prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of ...

from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and career

Born in

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on 11 September 1953, Lamorgese graduated in law and qualified as a lawyer. In 1979, she began working for the

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, becoming a vice prefect in 1994 and a prefect in 2003. She was prefect of

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from 2010 to 2013, working alongside Giorgio Orsoni, the elected mayor. In 2017, with the end of the Renzi government, Lamorgese became prefect in Milan, replacing Alessandro Maragoni in the post. On 13 November 2018 she was appointed as a

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by the Council of Ministers chaired by

, who was forming his first government.

Minister of the Interior

Conte II Cabinet

In September 2019, with the collapse of Conte's and M5S's government alliance with

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, a new coalition was formed between the M5S and the centre-left

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and Free and Equal. She was picked as Minister of the Interior in the new government led again by Conte, and took office on 5 September. Lamorgese has been in charge of the nationwide lockdown in response to the

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. On December 7, 2020, she tested positive for the disease herself.

Draghi Cabinet

On 12 February 2021, Lamorgese was re-appointed Minister of the Interior in the Draghi Cabinet. Shortly after taking office in September 2019, Lamorgese agreed with her counterparts from France, Germany, Malta, and Finland, which held the rotating

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at the time, on redistributing migrants on aid ships to some

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immediately following their rescue. Under Lamorgese's leadership, the government approved a 2021 bill to tackle gender-based violence and strengthen surveillance on suspects, authorizing police to take action against suspects even if the victim herself does not report the offence – a move aimed at helping women who are afraid of filing formal accusations.Angelo Amante (3 December 2021)
Italian govt moves to crack down on violence against women
''Reuters''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamorgese, Luciana 1953 births Conte II Cabinet Draghi Cabinet Italian Ministers of the Interior Living people People from Potenza Women government ministers of Italy Female interior ministers University of Naples Federico II alumni Independent politicians in Italy