Enrique Letta

Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister of Italy from 2013 to 2014, served as the Deputy Leader of the Central Left Democratic Party and Minister of European Affairs in Italy. On April 24, 2013, Enrique Letta was appointed as the new Prime Minister of the Italian government by Italian President Napolitano. On February 13, 2014, Letta announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy. Leta demonstrated excellent political talent early on. He began serving as the Director of the Secretariat of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of 27, transferred to the Secretary General of the Euro Commission of the Ministry of Finance at the age of 30, and was promoted to the position of EU Policy Minister at the age of 32, becoming the youngest cabinet member in Italy after the war. At the age of 33, he was transferred to the position of Minister of Industry and Trade of Italy; Under the age of 40, he served as the Secretary of State to Prime Minister Prodi. In 2008, Prodi stepped down and the Secretary of State was replaced by Jani. Afterwards, Letta was elected as the Deputy Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party until the political deadlock pushed him to the position of Prime Minister. EU affairs have always been the focus of Leta's work. In the 1990s, he led a committee of the Ministry of Finance to prepare for Italy's accession to the eurozone; Served in the European Parliament from 2004 to 2006. As the Italian Prime Minister, one of his tasks is to negotiate with the European Union and strive for greater budget flexibility for Italy, which is a position strongly supported by both the Democratic Party and Berlusconi's centre-right wing. On April 24, 2013, after several weeks of electoral deadlock, President Napolitano requested Enrique to form a new government. Since then, he has been stationed at the presidential residence, conducting a series of elections and appointments for various departmental ministers, and issuing statements on national reform. At this point, he became an internationally renowned Italian politician. Enrique also carried out reforms to the parliamentary system and Italian electoral law, reducing the number of representatives and aiming to make politics more stable. In December of the same year, the Italian Democratic Party took office as a charismatic young leader, Matteo Orenzi. In the following months, the new Democratic leader discussed the prospects of electoral reform with Silvio Berlusconi, and later publicly criticized Enrique's slow reform process for a few weeks, causing him to fall into growing isolation. Afterwards, Enrique had tense relations with his left-wing opponent Mateo and announced his resignation as prime minister. After stepping down, Enrique moved to Paris and taught courses in European politics and populism at the Paris Politburo University.