Matteo Renzi

Prime Minister of Italy

11 January 1975 Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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22 February 2014 – 12 December 2016

Italian politician "Renzi" redirects here. For the surname, see Renzi (surname). This article is part of a series about Matteo Renzi Political offices President of Florence Province (2004–09) Mayor of Florence (2009–14) Prime Minister of Italy (2014–16) Democratic Party Secretary (2013–17; 2017–18) Leader of Italia Viva (2019–present) Mayor of Florence 2009 election Term 2012 centre-left primary election Secretary of the Democratic Party 2013 election 2017 election Leadership of Renzi Prime Minister of Italy Premiership Renzi Cabinet Official trips Migrant crisis 2014 European election 2015 presidential election Electoral law Expo 2015 Military intervention against ISIL Murder of Giulio Regeni Same-sex unions 2016 constitutional referendum Leader of Italia Viva 2021 government crisis Political positions Renziani Just a Yes Elections 2018 general election vte Matteo Renzi, OMRI (Italian pronunciation:  ; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a Senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has been described as a centrist and as a liberal by political observers. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva since 2019, having been the Secretary of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2018, with a brief interruption in 2017. After serving as the President of the Province of Florence from 2004 to 2009 and the Mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014, Renzi was elected Secretary of the Democratic Party in 2013, becoming Prime Minister the following year. At the age of 39 years, Renzi became the youngest person to have served as Italian Prime Minister, and was at the time the youngest leader in the G7. He was also the first serving Mayor to become Prime Minister. While in power, Renzi's government implemented numerous reforms, including changes to the electoral system, a relaxation of labour and employment laws with the intention of boosting economic growth, a thorough reformation of the public administration, the simplification of civil trials, the introduction of same-sex civil unions and the abolition of many small taxes. After the rejection of his constitutional reform in the December 2016 referendum, Renzi formally resigned as Prime Minister on 12 December; his Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, was appointed his replacement. He resigned as Secretary of the Democratic Party following defeat in the 2018 general election. In September 2019, he left PD, founding Italia Viva, his own liberal movement. In 2021, Renzi revoked IV's support to the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, which brought down the government and resulted in the 2021 Italian government crisis.