Orazio Schillaci (born 27 April 1966) is an Italian politician who has been

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

in the

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since October 2022. In 1990 he graduated in medicine and surgery at

Sapienza University The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

, where he then obtained in 1994 the specialization in nuclear medicine; until 2001 he was a researcher at the

University of L'Aquila The University of L'Aquila ( it, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila) is a public research university located in L'Aquila, central Italy. It was founded in 1964 (its history begins in 1596) and is organized in nine departments. The university pres ...

. In 2001 he moved to the

University of Rome Tor Vergata Tor Vergata University of Rome, also known as the University of Rome II ( it, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"), is a public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the ...

as associate professor of nuclear medicine. From 2007 he became full professor, and in 2008 director of the school of specialization in nuclear medicine. In the three-year period 2006-2009 he was an expert member of the Superior Health Council. From 2011 to 2019 he was vice president and then president of the faculty of medicine and surgery of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and in 2019 he was elected rector of the same university.

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