Cosimo Ferri | |
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| State Secretary at theMinistry of Justice | |
| In office 3 May 2013 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Salvatore Mazzamuto Antonino Gullo Sabato Malinconico |
| Succeeded by | Vittorio Ferraresi Jacopo Morrone |
| Deputy of theItalian Republic | |
| In office 23 March 2018 – 12 October 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-04-17)April 17, 1971 (age 53) Pontremoli, Italy |
| Political party | PD |
| Education | University of Pisa |
| Occupation | Politician |
Cosimo Maria Ferri (born April 17, 1971, inPontremoli, Italy) is anItalian politician and former magistrate. He served as the Undersecretary of State for Justice in theLetta government, theRenzi government, and theGentiloni government. Since 2018, he has been a member of theItalian Parliament as a deputy for theDemocratic Party, and from September 2019, he has representedItalia Viva. He also previously served as a member of theHigh Council of the Judiciary.
Born in Pontremoli, in theprovince of Massa-Carrara, son of themagistrate and fascist politicianEnrico Ferri (MEP,Member of the Chamber of Deputies,Minister of Public Works in theDe Mita government and Secretary of thePSDI), he graduated in law from theUniversity of Pisa in 1993.
Following the formation of thegrand coalition government led byEnrico Letta, which includedThe People of Freedom (PdL),Democratic Party (PD),Union of the Centre, andCivic Choice, on May 3, 2013, Cosimo Maria Ferri became a part of theLetta government. He was appointed as the Undersecretary of State at theMinistry of Justice on May 2 by theCouncil of Ministers (CdM). He represented the PdL in this role and worked alongside MinisterAnna Maria Cancellieri.[1]
After the crisis that saw the Berlusconi component of the Letta government leave, he declared himself a technician (in fact he was not a candidate in the elections) and remained undersecretary.
With the fall and end of the Letta government due to the decision of the newly electedSecretary of the PD,Matteo Renzi, to become thePrime Minister, and with the formation ofhis government, on February 28, 2014, Cosimo Maria Ferri was confirmed as theUndersecretary of State for Justice by theCouncil of Ministers (CdM). He worked alongside the new PD Minister,Andrea Orlando.[2]
On July 6, 2014, during the renewal of sixteen members of theHigh Council of the Judiciary (CSM), a controversy arose regarding an SMS sent by Ferri to his former colleagues from the Magistratura indipendente, in which he directed their votes in favor of Lorenzo Pontecorvo, a section president at the Civil Court of Rome, and Luca Forteleoni, Substitute Prosecutor in Nuoro.[3] The National Association of Magistrates (ANM) immediately reacted by accusing him of undue political interference in the electoral activities of the CSM.[4]
With the birth of the government headed byPaolo Gentiloni, on the following 29 December 2016 he was still confirmed in the role of undersecretary for justice, which he will keep until 1 June 2018.[5]
In the2018 political elections, he ran as a candidate for theChamber of Deputies in the single-memberconstituency Tuscany – 08 (Massa) as part of the center-left coalition representing theDemocratic Party (PD). He received 25.46% of the vote and was defeated byDeborah Bergamini from the center-right (37.44%) andAdriano Simoncini from theFive Star Movement (28.94%). However, he was elected as the top candidate for the Democratic Party in the multi-memberconstituency Tuscany – 04.
Following the split of the PD by the group ofRenziani MPs, Cosimo Ferri joinedItalia Viva in September 2019, the party founded byMatteo Renzi with liberal and centrist leanings.[6]
In the2022 municipal elections in Tuscany, he ran for mayor ofCarrara, supported by a coalition formed by theItalian Socialist Party and thecivic listsLista Ferri (supported by Italia Viva) and#PrimaCarrara.[7] In the first round he collected 15.1% of the vote, coming fourth and not accessing the runoff,[8] at which he decided to support theLega candidateSimone Caffaz, who was however defeated by the centre-left candidateSerena Arrighi.[9][10][11]
In the2022 political elections, he was re-nominated as a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the single-memberconstituency Tuscany – 02 (Massa) for theAction – Italia Viva list. He received 8.59% of the vote and finished in fourth place (Elisa Montemagni from the center-right won with 44.86%). Additionally, he ran as the top candidate in the multi-member constituency Liguria – 01 and in the third position in the multi-memberconstituency Emilia-Romagna – 01, but was not re-elected.[12]
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