The Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic (Italian: Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica), is a government agency within the Council of Ministers with the aim of coordinating the Prime Minister and intelligence agencies.[1] The current office holder is Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the government of Giorgia Meloni.
| Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 13, 2007 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Italy |
| Headquarters | Palazzo Chigi, Rome |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | sicurezzanazionale.gov.it |
History
The Delegated Authority was foreseen with the Italian intelligence reform of 2007 promoted by the government of Romano Prodi and officially implemented on 13 August 2007. In October 2007 Prodi delegated the authority to the Enrico Luigi Micheli.[2] In 2011, Prime Minister Mario Monti initially did not delegate the mandate, maintaining his prerogatives over Italian intelligence. Even Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not appoint a delegated authority, keeping responsibility for it in his powers for almost the entire duration of his two governments.
In June 2021, the Council of Ministers of the Mario Draghi government approved the establishment of a National Cybersecurity Agency, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Delegated Authority.[3]
List of Undersecretaries
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Party | Government | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
 | Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011) | 26 October 2007 | 8 May 2008 | 195 days | The Daisy / Democratic Party | Prodi II | ||
.jpg) | Gianni Letta (1935– ) | 8 May 2008 | 16 November 2011 | 3 years, 192 days | The People of Freedom | Berlusconi IV | ||
.jpg) | Giovanni De Gennaro (1948–) | 14 May 2012 | 28 April 2013 | 349 days | Independent | Monti | ||
.jpg) | Marco Minniti (1956– ) | 17 May 2013 | 12 December 2016 | 3 years, 209 days | Democratic Party | Letta | ||
| Renzi | ||||||||
 | Luciano Pizzetti (1959–) | 29 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 1 year, 337 days | Democratic Party | Gentiloni | ||
.jpg) | Pietro Benassi (1958–) | 22 January 2021 | 13 February 2021 | 22 days | Independent | Conte II | ||
.jpg) | Franco Gabrielli (1960–) | 1 March 2021 | 22 October 2022 | 1 year, 235 days | Independent | Draghi | ||
.jpg) | Alfredo Mantovano (1958– ) | 22 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 257 days | Independent | Meloni | ||