Vincenzo Spadafora
Vincenzo Spadafora | |
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and Sport | |
In office 5 September 2019 – 13 February 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Giuseppe Conte |
Preceded by | Luca Lotti (Sport, 2018) |
Succeeded by | Fabiana Dadone (Youth Policies) |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 23 March 2018 – 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Casoria |
Personal details | |
Born | (since 2022 | 12 March 1974
Profession | Politician |
Vincenzo Spadafora (born 12 March 1974 in Afragola) is an Italian politician. A member of Together for the Future (IpF) and a former member of the Five Star Movement (M5S), he served as Minister for Youth Policies in the Conte government between 2019 and 2021.
Early life and career
Vincenzo Spadafora was born on 12 March 1974 in Afragola. After graduating from high school, he moved to Rome, where he began to work with UNICEF. After various humanitarian experiences in the field of Non-Governmental Organizations, in 2008 he was appointed president of UNICEF Italia, a position he held until 2011.
He began his political career in 1998 as private secretary of the President of the Campania Region
On 29 November 2011, he was appointed First guarantor for children and adolescents by the President of the Chamber
In 2014 he published the book La terza Italia. Manifesto di un Paese che non si tira indietro (The Third Italy. Manifesto of a country that does not hold back).
Subsequently, he joined the staff of Luigi Di Maio, of which he became responsible for institutional relations. In 2018 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the uninominal constituency of Casoria, with the 59.4% of the vote.
Minister and undersecretary
On 12 June he was appointed Undersecretary for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for equal opportunities and young people in the
After Conte's resignation in September 2019, the national board of the
In February 2021, Conte resigned after losing the support of the centrist party Italia Viva. On 13 February, Mario Draghi became the new prime minister at the head of a national unity government, but Spadafora was not confirmed in the cabinet.
Personal life
On 7 November 2021, during Fabio Fazio's talk-show Che tempo che fa, Spadafora came out as gay.[14]
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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2018 | Chamber of Deputies | Campania 1 – Casoria | M5S | 88,093 | Elected |
First-past-the-post elections
C): Casoria
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
Vincenzo Spadafora | Five Star Movement | 88,093 | 59.4 | |
Luca Scancariello | Centre-right coalition | 33,882 | 22.9 | |
Nicola Marrazzo | Centre-left coalition | 17,600 | 11.9 | |
Others | 8,709 | 45.8 | ||
Total | 148,284 | 100.0 |
References
- ^ Chi parla per Di Maio
- ^ Vincenzo Spadafora (UNICEF Italia) nominato Garante nazionale Infanzia
- ^ Sergo Rame, Il Giornale, March 16, 2018.
- ^ "Spadafora, favorevole ad adozioni gay". Alto Adige (in Italian). November 23, 2018.
- Il Corriere della Sera(in Italian).
- Huffington Post(in Italian).
- ^ "Caso Spadafora, Di Maio gela Salvini" (in Italian). Adnkronos. July 9, 2020.
- ^ Gay it - agency press, May 5, 2019.
- ^ "Vincenzo Spadafora: "Io omosessuale, giusto dirlo per il mio impegno politico. In politica tema usato per ferire" - la Repubblica". 7 November 2021.
- ^ Giuffrida, Angela (20 August 2019). "Italian PM resigns with attack on 'opportunist' Salvini" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Governo, Zingaretti: "I 5 punti per trattare con il M5S. No accordicchi, governo di svolta"". Repubblica.it. 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Il Presidente Mattarella ha conferito l'incarico al Prof. Conte di formare il Governo". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Vincenzo Spadafora, nuovo ministro ai Giovani e allo Sport, la Repubblica
- ^ Il coming out di Spadafora: "Io omosessuale, da domani forse sarò più felice", Huffington Post