Michele Vietti (born 10 February 1954) is an Italian politician.

Life and career

Born in

Lanzo Torinese Lanzo Torinese (''Lans'' in Piedmontese and arpitan) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, region of Piedmont, northwestern Italy. It is located about northwest of Turin at the mouth of the Valli di Lanzo. History L ...

, Vietti graduated in Law from the University of Turin in 1977, and between 1978 and 1987 he worked at the first Chair of Civil Law, at the Faculty of Law of the University. His political activity began in 1990, when he was elected as a district counselor in Turin, and he held this position until 1997. First elected deputy in 2001 with the Center-Right coalition, in 2002 he joined the

Christian Democratic Centre The Christian Democratic Centre ( it, Centro Cristiano Democratico, CCD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. Formed from a right-wing split from Christian Democracy, the party joined the centre-right coalition, a ...

party. He has held government positions, as Secretary to the Ministry of Justice (in the second

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cabinet) and Undersecretary to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (third Berlusconi cabinet). He was re-elected deputy in 2006 and the following year he was appointed deputy secretary of his national party. Re-elected in 2008 with

Union of Christian and Centre Democrats The Union of the Centre ( it, Unione di Centro, UdC), whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats" (''Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro'', UDC), is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Lore ...

, Vietti received the role of deputy chairman of his parliamentary group. From 2010 to 30 September 2014 Vietti was the vice president of the Superior Council of Magistracy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vietti, Michele 1954 births Living people People from Lanzo Torinese Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians Deputies of Legislature XII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Politicians of Piedmont University of Turin alumni University of Turin faculty