The secretary of the Democratic Party is the leader of the Democratic Party, the main centre-left political party in Italy.Statuto del Partito Democratico
Secretaries N°PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officePrimary election1 Walter Veltroni(1955– )14 October200721 February200920072 Dario Franceschini(1958– )21 February20097 November2009NoneElected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Veltroni.3 Pier Luigi Bersani(1951– )7 November200920 April20132009VacantNo one served as Acting Secretary.20 April201311 May20134 Guglielmo Epifani(1950–2021)11 May201315 December2013NoneElected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Bersani.5 Matteo Renzi(1975– )15 December201319 February20172013VacantParty's President, Matteo Orfini, served as Acting Secretary.19 February20177 May2017(5) Matteo Renzi(1975– )7 May201712 March20182017VacantParty's Deputy Secretary, Maurizio Martina, served as Acting Secretary.12 March20187 July20186 Maurizio Martina(1978– )7 July201817 November2018NoneElected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Renzi.VacantNo one served as Acting Secretary.17 November201817 March2019 7 Nicola Zingaretti(1965– )17 March201914 March202120198 Enrico Letta(1966– )14 March202112 March2023NoneElected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Zingaretti.9 Elly Schlein(1985– )12 March2023Incumbent2023
Secretary tenure RankSecretaryTotal time in officeTerms1 Matteo Renzi 22 Elly Schlein 13 Pier Luigi Bersani 14 Enrico Letta 15 Nicola Zingaretti16 Walter Veltroni 17 Dario Franceschini 18 Guglielmo Epifani 19 Maurizio Martina 1
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Deputy secretaries N°PortraitName(Born–Died)Term of officeSecretary1 Dario Franceschini(1958– )14 October200721 February2009VeltroniVacant21 February20097 November2009Franceschini2 Enrico Letta(1966– )7 November200920 April2013BersaniVacant20 April 201328 March 2014Epifani3 Lorenzo Guerini(1966– )28 March 20147 May 2017RenziDebora Serracchiani(1970– )4 Maurizio Martina(1978– )7 May201712 March 2018Vacant12 March 201817 April 2019Martina5 Paola De Micheli(1973– )17 April 20195 September 2019ZingarettiAndrea Orlando(1969– )17 March20216 Peppe Provenzano(1982– )17 March202112 March2023LettaIrene Tinagli(1974– )Vacant12 March2023OngoingSchlein
Deputy secretary tenure RankSecretaryTotal time in officeSecretary1 Enrico Letta Pier Luigi Bersani2 Lorenzo GueriniDebora Serracchiani Matteo Renzi (1st term)3 Peppe ProvenzanoIrene Tinagli Enrico Letta4 Andrea Orlando Nicola Zingaretti5 Dario Franceschini Walter Veltroni6 Maurizio Martina Matteo Renzi (2nd term)7 Paola De Micheli Nicola Zingaretti
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