List of Secretaries of the Democratic Party (Italy)
The Secretary of the Democratic Party is the leader of the Democratic Party, the main centre-left political party in Italy.[1] The current Secretary is Nicola Zingaretti, who was elected in March 2019.[2]
Secretaries
N° | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Election | ||
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Walter Veltroni (1955– ) |
14 October 2007 | 21 February 2009 | 2007 | |
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Dario Franceschini (1958– ) |
21 February 2009 | 7 November 2009 | None[3] | |
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Pier Luigi Bersani (1951– ) |
7 November 2009 | 20 April 2013 | 2009 | |
Vacant[4] | 20 April 2013 | 11 May 2013 | ||||
4 | ![]() |
Guglielmo Epifani (1950– ) |
11 May 2013 | 15 December 2013 | None[5] | |
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Matteo Renzi (1975– ) |
15 December 2013 | 19 February 2017 | 2013 | |
Vacant[6] | 19 February 2017 | 7 May 2017 | ||||
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Matteo Renzi (1975– ) |
7 May 2017 | 12 March 2018 | 2017 | |
Vacant[7] | 12 March 2018 | 7 July 2018 | ||||
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Maurizio Martina (1978– ) |
7 July 2018 | 17 November 2018 | None[8] | |
Vacant[9] | 17 November 2018 | 17 March 2019 | ||||
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Nicola Zingaretti (1965– ) |
17 March 2019 | Incumbent | 2019 | |
Secretary tenure
Rank | Secretary | Total time in office | Terms |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matteo Renzi | 4 years, 10 days | 2 |
2 | Pier Luigi Bersani | 3 years, 164 days | 1 |
3 | Nicola Zingaretti | 1 year, 323 days | 1 |
4 | Walter Veltroni | 1 year, 130 days | 1 |
5 | Dario Franceschini | 259 days | 1 |
6 | Guglielmo Epifani | 218 days | 1 |
7 | Maurizio Martina | 133 days | 1 |
Secretaries timeline

Deputy Secretaries
N° | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Secretary | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Dario Franceschini (1958– ) |
14 October 2007 | 21 February 2009 | Veltroni | |
Vacant | 21 February 2009 | 7 November 2009 | Franceschini | |||
2 | ![]() |
Enrico Letta (1966– ) |
7 November 2009 | 20 April 2013 | Bersani | |
Vacant | 20 April 2013 | 28 March 2014 | Epifani | |||
3 | ![]() |
Lorenzo Guerini (1966– ) |
28 March 2014 | 7 May 2017 | Renzi | |
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Debora Serracchiani (1970– ) | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Maurizio Martina (1978– ) |
7 May 2017 | 12 March 2018 | ||
Vacant | 12 March 2018 | 17 April 2019 | Martina | |||
5 | ![]() |
Paola De Micheli (1973– ) |
17 April 2019 | 5 September 2019 | Zingaretti | |
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Andrea Orlando (1969– ) |
Incumbent | ||||
Deputy Secretary tenure
Rank | Secretary | Total time in office | Secretary | ||||
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1 | Enrico Letta | 3 years, 164 days | Pier Luigi Bersani | ||||
2 | Lorenzo Guerini Debora Serracchiani |
3 years, 40 days | Matteo Renzi (1st term) | ||||
3 | Andrea Orlando | 1 year, 292 days | Nicola Zingaretti | ||||
4 | Dario Franceschini | 1 year, 130 days | Walter Veltroni | 5 | Maurizio Martina | 309 days | Matteo Renzi (2nd term) |
6 | Paola De Micheli | 141 days | Nicola Zingaretti |
Deputy Secretaries timeline

References
- Statuto del Partito Democratico
- "Primarie Pd, vince Zingaretti. Il comitato del neosegretario: "Siamo oltre il 67%. affluenza a 1milione e 800mila, meglio del 2017"". La Repubblica. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Veltroni.
- No one served as Acting Secretary.
- Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Bersani.
- Party's President, Matteo Orfini, served as Acting Secretary.
- Party's Deputy Secretary, Maurizio Martina, served as Acting Secretary.
- Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Renzi.
- No one served as Acting Secretary.
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