Adolfo Urso | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Urso in 2024 | |
| Minister for Business and Made in Italy | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Giorgia Meloni |
| Preceded by | Giancarlo Giorgetti |
| President ofCOPASIR | |
| In office 9 June 2021 – 12 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Raffaele Volpi |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Guerini |
| Member of theSenate of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2018 | |
| Constituency | Veneto |
| Member of theChamber of Deputies | |
| In office 15 April 1994 – 14 March 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-07-12)12 July 1957 (age 67) Padua, Italy |
| Political party | MSI (till 1995) AN (1995–2009) PdL (2009–2010) FLI (2010–2011) FareItalia (2011–2015) FdI (since 2015) |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Profession | Politician, journalist |
Adolfo Urso (born 12 July 1957) is an Italian politician and journalist.
The son ofSicilian parents, Urso was born inPadua. After studying inAcireale andCatania, he graduated in sociology at theSapienza University of Rome. He was a journalist for theItalian Social Movement's newspaperSecolo d'Italia, deputy director of the newspaperRoma (1991–1992), editor-in-chief ofL'Italia settimanale (1993–94), and director of the magazineCharta Minuta (since 1994).
Urso was elected deputy from 1994 to 2008 as member ofNational Alliance first and then ofThe People of Freedom. He served as Deputy Minister of Productive Activities with delegation to foreign trade in thesecond andthird governments headed bySilvio Berlusconi. As Deputy Minister, he dealt with the internationalization of companies (Law 56/2005) and presented the Italy-Syria agreement on investment protection for parliamentary ratification (Law 258/2003).
In thefourth Berlusconi government, Urso was appointed Undersecretary and subsequently Deputy Minister of Economic Development. After joiningGianfranco Fini's new party,Future and Freedom, Urso, along with other representativesAndrea Ronchi,Roberto Menia, and Antonio Buonfiglio, as well asGiuseppe Maria Reina of theMovement for Autonomy, resigned on 15 November 2010 and left the government due to the refusal by Berlusconi to resign and form a new government open to theUnion of the Centre, as had been requested by Fini.[1]
On 19 April 2011, Urso founded the associationFareItalia and on 9 July 2011, together with Andrea Ronchi and Giuseppe Scalia, he definitively left Future and Freedom.[2][3] In 2015, Urso joinedBrothers of Italy, a party led byGiorgia Meloni, and in 2018 was elected senator into its lists.[4] In April 2024, Urso, as an industry minister, met with representatives ofUber to discuss the company's position in the country. This was followed by protests from a taxi driver labour union in May 2024.[5]
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