The secretary of the Council of Ministers ( it, Segretario del Consiglio dei Ministri) is a senior member of the
Italian Cabinet. The secretary is one of the undersecretaries of state to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers but, unlike them, he sits in the Cabinet and helps the
prime minister
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in coordinating the government and its meetings. Thus, the secretary is usually a person very close to the prime minister. The secretary of the Council of Ministers, which may not be confused with the largely ceremonial office of
Deputy Prime Minister
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(not all Italian Cabinets include one), resembles that of the
White House chief of staff.
The current secretary of the Council of Ministers is
Alfredo Mantovano, appointed on 22 October 2022 in the government led by Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni
Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has been serving as the Prime Minister of Italy since 22 October 2022, the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the ...
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Alfredo Mantovano, il nuovo sottosegretario alla presidenza del Consiglio
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See also
*Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was electe ...
*Council of Ministers (Italy)
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*Prime Minister of Italy
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* List of prime ministers of Italy
*Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, officially Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic (Italian language, Italian: ''Vicepresidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana''), is a senior member of the Cou ...
*Lists of office-holders
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