Vito Claudio Crimi (born 26 April 1972) is an Italian politician, member of the
Five Star Movement
The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...
, of which he was appointed acting leader on 22 January 2020. Since 2013, he has been a serving member of the
Italian Senate
The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...
.
Biography
Vito Crimi was born in
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...
, Sicily, in 1972. He grew up in the
Brancaccio
Brancaccio is a neighbourhood in the municipality of Palermo, Sicily, in Italy. It is a semi-traditional area of the working class. It was important in the history of the Cosa Nostra.
Antimafia priest Pino Puglisi
Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi (, ; ...
district; he enrolled in a degree course in mathematics at the
University of Palermo
The University of Palermo ( it, Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties.
History
The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its ...
, without completing his studies. In 2000 he moved to
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...
where he worked as a
court clerk
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court ; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court ) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court, administer oaths to witn ...
at the
Appellate court
A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of ...
.
In 2007 he joined the ''Friends of Beppe Grillo'' Meetup in Brescia. He was candidate for president with the
Five Star Movement
The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...
in the
2010 Lombard regional election, but obtained only 3% of the preferences.
In 2013 he was elected Senator in the Lombardy constituency, and from 19 March to 16 June he was chairman of the parliamentary group of the Five Star Movement in the Senate. He was re-elected Senator in 2018 and served as Undersecretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for publishing in the
Conte I Cabinet
The first Conte government was the 65th government of the Italian Republic. It was led by Giuseppe Conte, an independent, and it was in office from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019.
The cabinet was formed by a coalition between the Five Star Mov ...
.
DECRETO DEL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI 27 giugno 2018
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On 13 September 2019, he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior in the second government of 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 ...
.
References
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1972 births
Living people
Five Star Movement politicians
Politicians from Palermo
Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy
Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian politicians