Adolfo Urso

Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy

Adolfo Urso has been the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy since October 22, 2022. Born in Padua, he holds a degree in Sociology from “La Sapienza” University of Rome. A professional journalist since 1983, he has worked in Rome and Naples.

Among the founders of Alleanza Nazionale, he was national coordinator of the Promoting Committee from 1993 to 1995 and organizer of the 1995 Fiuggi congress. In 2008, he was among the founders of the Popolo della Libertà, then joined Fratelli d'Italia in 2013.

A member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013, for a total of five terms, during this period, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development with responsibility for Foreign Trade in the Berlusconi II government (2001-2006) and the Berlusconi IV government (2009-2010).

In 2018, he was elected to the Senate in Veneto on the Fratelli d'Italia lists. In charge of the Party's Department of Enterprise and Productive Activities until June 2021, when he was elected chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (Copasir).

In the September 25, 2022, elections, he was elected senator in the Veneto constituency.