Giulio Gallera (born 28 April 1969 in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

) is an Italian politician.

Biography

Born in

, he graduated in law at the University of Milan in 1995, passing the bar exam in 1998. He started his political career in the youth group of the

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party ( it, Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was a liberal and conservative political party in Italy. The PLI, which is the heir of the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor party ...

, and in 1994 he was among the founders of

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

. After serving as city councilor in

, he was elected to the Lombard Regional Council in 2012. He has been appointed Regional Minister for Health and Welfare since 2016, first by President of Lombardy Roberto Maroni and then by his successor Attilio Fontana in 2018. In 2021, after drawing criticism over Lombardy's response to the

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, he was replaced with

Letizia Moratti Letizia Maria Moratti (née Brichetto Arnaboldi; Milan, 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006–20 ...

. In May 2021 he became chairman of the Programme and Budget Commission.

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