Paolo Zangrillo (

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, born 3 December 1961) is an Italian politician and

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, and the Minister for Public Administration in the

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since 22 October 2022.

Biography

Born in

in 1961, he graduated in

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from the

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in 1987. Paolo Zangrillo is the younger brother of Alberto Zangrillo,

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of the General

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and

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Unit of the

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in Milan and president of the

and

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's personal doctor.

Managerial career

He began his career as a manager in 1992 at

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, maintaining his position until 2005, first as head of personnel in Europe and in the world and later as head of industrial relations and

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. He then holds the position of vice-president for human resources at Fiat Powertrain Technologies until 2010 and at

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until 2011. From 2011 to 2017, he held the role of personnel and organization director at Acea in Rome.

Political career

In January 2018 he was officially nominated by

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for the

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in the general elections of that year, presenting himself in the Piedmont 1 – 01 plurinominal college and being among the elected members. During the XVIII legislature of the Republic he was a member of the 11th Public and Private Labor Commission, where he also dealt with citizens' income. On 18 October 2018 he was appointed as the new regional commissioner of Forza Italia in

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and

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, replacing his party colleague and

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. On 24 December 2019 the regional councilor Emily Rini was chosen as the new coordinator of Forza Italia in the Aosta Valley, and therefore Zangrillo retains the position only for

Minister for Public Administration

In the early general elections of 2022, Zangrillo was a candidate for the Senate of the Republic in the uninominal college of Alessandria, for the center-right coalition in the

, where he was elected senator with 50.83% of the votes, just under double compared to the candidates of the center-left,

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, Maria Rita Rossa (25.64%) and the Susy Matrisciano 5 Star Movement (9.57%). On 22 October 2022 Zangrillo took the oath before the President of the Republic

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and became Minister of Public Administration in the

Political positions

He said he was in favor of smart working in the

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, saying he was more open than the previous Minister of Public Administration

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, to the Turin-Lyon TAV project numerous times, participating in the Madamine demonstration in Piazza Castello in November 2018 and also invoking the "hard fist" of the

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judiciary against groups of No TAV demonstrators, and a strong critic of citizens' income.

References

{{Meloni government Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Senators of Legislature XIX of Italy 21st-century Italian politicians Italian corporate directors 1961 births Forza Italia (2013) politicians University of Milan alumni Living people Politicians from Genoa