On October 31, 2022 Maria Tripodi was appointed by the Council of Ministers as Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Meloni Government. In the general election of September 25, 2022 she was one of the youngest candidates for the Senate of the Republic, where she came first of the non-elected Forza Italia members in the Calabria multi-member constituency. On 19 November 2019 she was appointed by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fico, as a member of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the death of Giulio Regeni. In 2018 she was elected Forza Italia Group Leader in Standing Committee IV, “Defence”, in the Chamber of Deputies and, on the same year, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the Forza Italia lists for the Calabria-02 multi-member constituency. She is a former member of the Italian Society of Military History (SISM) and a consultant to public and private institutions. In the 16th Legislature she was the Popolo della Libertà (PDL) group’s expert in the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of bills and legal opinions. She has held various roles of coordination and liaison with regional government bodies such as Governing Councils, Councils, Legislative Assemblies, Departments and the “European Community and International Affairs” Committee. She covered topics such as: international relations with the European Union, European funds, maritime and Mediterranean regions, cooperation with developing countries and migration flows with the State-Regions Conference. The Conference is the foremost body for political negotiations between the Italian State’s central government bodies and the system of Regional Authorities.