Raffaele Fitto

Raffaele Fitto
Fitto in 2023
Minister for European Affairs, the South and Cohesion Policies
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 October 2022
Prime Minister	Giorgia Meloni
Preceded by	Vincenzo Amendola (European Affairs, 2021) Mara Carfagna (South and Cohesion)
Co-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists
In office 2 July 2019 – 12 October 2022
Served alongside	Ryszard Legutko Jorge Buxadé
Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy
In office 1 July 2014 – 12 October 2022
Succeeded by	Denis Nesci
In office 20 July 1999 – 20 June 2000
Succeeded by	Generoso Andria
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2022
In office 28 April 2006 – 25 June 2014
Minister for Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion
In office 8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Linda Lanzillotta
Succeeded by	Piero Gnudi (Regional Affairs) Fabrizio Barca (Territorial Cohesion)
President of Apulia
In office 19 May 2000 – 27 April 2005
Preceded by	Salvatore Distaso
Succeeded by	Nichi Vendola
Personal details
Born	(1969-08-28) 28 August 1969 (age 55) Maglie, Italy
Political party	FdI (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	DC (1990–1994) PPI (1994–1995) CDU (1995–1998) CDL (1998–2001) FI (2001–2009) FI (2013–2015) PdL (2009–2013) CoR (2015–2017) DI (2017–2019)
Spouse	Adriana Panzera
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Bari
Website	raffaelefitto.it

Raffaele Fitto (born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician who has served as Minister for European Affairs and Minister for the South and Cohesion Policies in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni since 2022. A member of Brothers of Italy (FdI), he previously served as President of Apulia from 2000 to 2005 and Minister for Regional Affairs and Territorial Cohesion from 2008 to 2011 in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government.