Matteo Piantedosi

Matteo Piantedosi was born in Naples on April 20, 1963. He is married and has two daughters. He holds a degree in Law and is qualified to practice as a lawyer. He joined the Civil Administration of the Ministry of the Interior in April 1989 and was assigned to the Prefecture of Bologna, where he served as Chief of Staff for eight years.
In February 2007, he was appointed Deputy Prefect Vicar in the same office, a position he held until 2009, when he was called to the Ministry of the Interior to head the Parliamentary Relations Office within the Office for Legislative Affairs and Parliamentary Relations. In 2011, he became Chief of Staff to the Head of the Department for Personnel Policies of the Civil Administration and for Instrumental and Financial Resources.
Appointed Prefect on August 3, 2011, he was assigned to Lodi. In January 2012, he became Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Interior and, from June 2012, Deputy Chief of Staff Vicar. On November 16, 2012, the Council of Ministers appointed him Deputy Director General of Public Security for the coordination and planning of Police Forces activities.
From 2014 to 2017, he served as Managing Authority of the National Operational Programs “Security for Development – Convergence Objective 2007/2013,” “Legality 2014/2020,” and the Complementary Operational Program 2014/2020. He was also Responsible Authority for the “European External Borders Fund 2007/2013” and the “Internal Security Fund 2014/2020.” He additionally chaired the advisory commission for the implementation of the European Single Emergency Number.
He served as Prefect of Bologna from May 15, 2017, to June 10, 2018, and from June 11, 2018, as Chief of Staff to the Minister of the Interior. From August 17, 2020, to October 22, 2022, he was Prefect of Rome.
Since October 22, 2022, he has been Minister of the Interior in the Meloni Government.