Ministero della Difesa

The Hon. Lorenzo Guerini

Lorenzo GUERINI was born in Lodi on 21 November, 1966.

He graduate in Political Science from Milan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart with a dissertation on the history of political doctrines.

He served in the Army (military service was compulsory at that time) in Alpine Troops Battalion “Edolo”, in Merano (Alto Adige) from June,1991 to March, 1992. He then served in the Mounted Artillery Battalion- Milan. He quit the Army having been declared suitable for the rank of Army Reserve Sergeant.

He is an insurance consultant by profession.

In 2005 he was elected mayor of Lodi, and was confirmed for a second term in the 2010 elections. His previous mandate, that he also served for two terms, was as President of the Province of Lodi.

During his first terms as Lodi’s mayor he chaired Anci (the National Association of Italian Municipalities) for Lombardy Region, and was a member of the Conferenza Stato-Città e Autonomie locali and Conferenza Unificata (State-Cities and Local Self-Government Conference and Unified Conference). Moreover, he was responsible for welfare for Anci at the national level.

He was Deputy Secretary of the Democratic Party at the national level.

Lorenzo Guerini was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party in the XVII legislature. In this capacity, he was a member of the Defence Committee and Committee for the Security of the Republic. He was re-elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in the XVIII legislature.

In July, 2018 he was elected President of the Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic.

He has been the Minister of Defence since 5 September 2019.