The Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic () is an Italian government agency within the Council of Ministers with the aim of coordinating the Prime Minister and intelligence agencies.Autorità delegata. Sicurezza Nazionale The current officeholder is Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the government of Giorgia Meloni.
History The Delegated Authority was foreseen with the Italian intelligence reform of 2007 promoted by the government of Romano Prodi and officially implemented on 13 August 2007. In October 2007, Prodi delegated the authority to the Enrico Luigi Micheli.Istituita l’Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica. L'incarico affidato al Sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Enrico Micheli. Ministero dell'Interno In 2011, Prime Minister Mario Monti initially did not delegate the mandate, maintaining his prerogatives over Italian intelligence. Even Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not appoint a delegated authority, keeping responsibility for it in his powers for almost the entire duration of his two governments.
In June 2021, the Council of Ministers of the Mario Draghi government approved the establishment of a National Cybersecurity Agency, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Delegated Authority.Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale. www.acn.gov.it
List of Undersecretaries Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Party Government Took officeLeft officeTime in office Enrico Luigi Micheli 26 October 2007 8 May 2008 The Daisy /Democratic PartyProdi II Gianni Letta(1935– ) 8 May 2008 16 November 2011 The People of FreedomBerlusconi IVOffice not in use16 November 2011 – 14 May 2012Monti Giovanni De Gennaro(1948–) 14 May 2012 28 April 2013 IndependentMarco Minniti(1956– )17 May 201312 December 2016Democratic PartyLettaRenzi Luciano Pizzetti 29 December 2016 1 June 2018 Democratic PartyGentiloniOffice not in use1 June 2018 – 22 January 2021Conte I·II Pietro Benassi(1958–) 22 January 2021 13 February 2021 Independent Franco Gabrielli(1960–) 1 March 2021 22 October 2022 IndependentDraghi Alfredo Mantovano(1958– ) 24 November 2022 Incumbent IndependentMeloni
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