Lorenzo Fioramonti

Minister of Education, University and Research - Italy

Minister of Education, University and Research in the second Conte Cabinet since September 5, 2019, he was previously Deputy Minister in the first Conte Cabinet. He is also Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), where he directs the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, and Deputy Project Leader of the Future Africa initiative. He is also Extraordinary Professor at the School of Public Leadership of the University of Stellenbosch, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social Investment of the University of Heidelberg and at the Hertie School of Governance (Germany), and Associate Fellow at the United Nations University.