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Giorgio Mulé (born 25 April 1968) is an Italian politician and journalist. From 1 March 2021 to 19 October 2022 he was Undersecretary of State at the
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in the
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. In the 19th legislature he was also vice-president of the
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. He was director of from 2006 to 2007, Studio Aperto from 2007 to 2009 and
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from 2009 to 2018. Since 2023 he has been part of the Steering Committee of IAI – Istituto Affari Internazionali.


Career

Born in
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; after studying in
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, he graduated in Communication Sciences at the
University of Palermo The University of Palermo () is a public university, public research university in Palermo, Italy. It was founded in 1806, and is currently organized in 12 Faculties. History The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although it ...
.


Journalistic career

He began his journalistic career in 1989, at the
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in
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as a crime and judicial reporter, with a stint in New York City at '' Il Progresso Italoamericano''; in 1992 he moved to ''
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'', then directed by
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. In 1996, the director Vittorio Feltri entrusted him with the responsibility of leading the newly created news of
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and then the Roman editorial team. He moved to ''Panorama'' where in a short time (after having held various positions, from correspondent to editor-in-chief) he became first deputy director and then deputy executive director. After the move of director to
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, there was talk of his possible leadership at ''Panorama'', but in the end
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entrusted the task to fellow countryman
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. Mulè then moved on to direct ''Panorama Economy'' from 25 November 2004. Since December 2005, at the same time as managing Economy, he has also held the position of deputy director of , he structure that takes care of in-depth journalistic programmes at
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. In May 2006 he was appointed director of Videonews; he left his career in print media. Sergio Luciano succeeds him at the helm of Panorama Economy . His successful program is ''Tempi Moderni'', a program focused on current affairs investigations, broadcast on Rete 4, edited by Fabio Tricoli and Antonello Sette, and hosted by Irene Pivetti (in the first edition) and by Irene Pivetti (in the first edition) and by (in the second). From 11 October 2007 to 31 August 2009 he directed Studio Aperto, the Italia 1 news programme, succeeding Mario Giordano. In August 2008, he signed up to the
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programme ''Tutto in 1 notte'', and Studio Aperto weekly program and subsequently also ''Rewind'', ''Borders'' and ''Live.'' From 1 September 2009 to 31 January 2018 he was the director of the weekly ''Panorama'' (for which he had previously held the position of deputy executive director), succeeding
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, and of the weekly ''
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''. In 2014 he was a temporary extraordinary professor of Communication Theories and Techniques at the
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in
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.


Awards and recognitions

He has been awarded numerous awards throughout his career: from that for his anti-mafia commitment with the "Ninni Cassarà" award in 2011 to that for his capacity for innovation with the "Biagio Agnes" award in 2017, from the Lex Spoletina for having accomplished a continuous and relevant action aimed at enhancing and promoting the city of
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in 2019 at the Bonifacio VIII International Award "For a culture of Peace", in 2021. On 26 October 2021 he was also awarded the honor of ''Oficial del Orden de San Carlos'' by the President of the Republic of Colombia,
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, intended for those who help, those who support and those who support Colombian institutions and citizens. In November 2021 he was appointed ''Patron of the International Forum for Peace, Security and Prosperity'' as he was recognized as an "ambassador" of the mission and vision of the forum which are based on the ability to guarantee justice, safeguarding democracy and freedom. In June 2023 he was awarded the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Naval Merit of Brazil – an honour reserved "exceptionally" for foreign personalities – awarded by the President of the Republic
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. He was a promoter and first signatory of the bill AC 2451 (AS 1894) which provides for the establishment of the "National Day in memory of the victims of the
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" approved unanimously by the Chamber of Deputies on 23 July 2020 to make the memory alive of all those who have lost their lives due to the health emergency. The proposal was subsequently approved by the Senate and so law no. 35 of 2021 established the National Day in memory of the victims of COVID-19, set on 18 March of each year.


Election to parliament

In the runup to the
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, Mulè joined
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(FI) and, after resigning from the management of Panorama, he ran for the
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in the single-member constituency of
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, for the
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with supoport from
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, where he was elected deputy with over 46% of the votes against the candidate of the 5 Star Movement Federico Firmian (29.15%) and of the
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, Democratic Party share, Anna Russo (17.76%). Despite his candidacy in the single-member constituency of Sanremo, he was also the
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in the 1st multi-member constituency of
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. In the 14 February episode of ''
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'' he stated that his campaign would launch during December 2017, when the well-known journalist met
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and they discussed a political commitment. Mulè said he took two days to think about it and subsequently accepted the Forza Italia leader's proposal. On 10 April he was appointed sole spokesperson of the Chamber and Senate groups for Forza Italia. He is the group leader for
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in the parliamentary commission for the general direction and supervision of radio and television services, as well as being a member of the 9th Transport, Post and Telecommunications Commission. On 30 June 2019, the Chamber of Deputies approved the text, of which Mulè was the promoter, rapporteur and first signatory, for the adoption and use of defibrillators in non- hospital environments. Law subsequently approved on 28 July 2021 by the Social Affairs Committee of the Chamber in the legislative session and published in the Official Journal on 13 August 2021. Since 19 December of the same year he has also been responsible for the national departments of Forza Italia in place of
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. On 12 May 2020, Berlusconi appoints a new coordination of 14 people including Mulè. In August 2020, a few weeks after the
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on the cut in the number of parliamentarians linked to the reform initiated by the First Conte government and concluded by the
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, Mulè announced, after voting "yes" in the assembly, his vote against, in dissidence with the official line of his party, initially aligned for the "Yes" by the leaders of the parliamentary group, before the leader Silvio Berlusconi positioned himself in an intermediate position granting a
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.


Appointment to government

On 24 February 2021 he was appointed undersecretary of the
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in the new
Draghi government The Draghi government was the 67th government of the Italy, Italian Republic, led by former President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi. It was in office between 13 February 2021 and 22 October 2022. The Draghi government was formed fo ...
. In the
2022 Italian general election Snap election, Snap general elections were held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government, which led to a parliamentary impasse, President of Italy, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament on 21 July, and ca ...
he was nominated for the Chamber of Deputies as the leader in the multi-member constituency of Palermo and was elected. On the following 19 October he was elected vice president of the
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.


Work

* 2003: ''Doppia verità – Il giallo di Cogne: le tesi di accusa e difesa sull'omicidio di Samuele'',
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References

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