Matteo Richetti (born 3 August 1974) is an Italian politician, a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and former spokesman of the Democratic Party.[1]
Matteo Richetti was born in Sassuolo, Modena in 1974. He started his interest in politics when he attended the lyceum.
In 2003 he became a member of the Christian leftist The Daisy party; in 2007 he joined the Democratic Party.[2]
During 2010s he became a close advisor of Matteo Renzi, former mayor of Florence and Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. In 2017 Renzi appointed Richetti spokesman of the Democratic Party.[3]
On 8 April 2018, Richetti launched his reformist faction Harambee and announced his intention to run as next secretary of the Democratic Party.[4][5]
On 10 September 2019, Richetti announced his abstention regarding the investiture vote of the new government between PD and the Five Star Movement, and his subsequent exit from the party.[6] On the same day, he stated that he would join Carlo Calenda's movement, Action.[7]
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