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| predecessor = Corrado Passera| successor = Graziano Delrio| term_start = 28 April 2013| term_end = 20 March 2015Chamber of Deputies (Italy)>Chamber of Deputies| term_start1 = 30 May 2001| constituency1 = Lombardy| birth_name = Maurizio Enzo Lupi3 October 1959|df=y}}| birth_place = Milan, Italy| death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = Us Moderates>NM (since 2022)Christian Democracy (Italy) (before 1994)>Forza Italia (1994–2009)>The People of Freedom (2009–2013)>New Centre-Right (2013–2017)>Popular Alternative (2017)>NcI (2017–2023)}}| alma_mater = Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore| spouse = Italians>Italian| profession = | children = 3| website = | footnotes = 1.74ftin|abbr=on}}}}Maurizio Enzo Lupi (born 3 October 1959) is an Italian politician. He served as minister of infrastructure and transport between 28 April 2013 and 20 March 2015.

Early life and education

Lupi was born in Milan, Italy, on 3 October 1959.WEB, Scheda di attività, Who Are Italy's New Ministers?,weblink 16 June 2013, 6 June 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616081900weblink ALEX ROE>DATE=29 APRIL 2013TITLE=WHO ARE ITALY'S NEW MINISTERS?WORK=ITALY CHRONICLES, He has a degree in political science at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Career

Lupi served as a member of the municipal council of Milan from 1993 to 1997 and until 1996 he was vice president of the council. He has been a member of the Italian parliament since the XIV legislative period or 2001.He served as deputy house speaker until 28 April 2013 when he was appointed minister of infrastructure and transport in the Letta cabinet.NEWS,weblink Cl, tutti i ciellini del presidente. Piccola mappa della diaspora del fu potere Celeste, Il Foglio, 11 November 2016, 19 July 2018, it, MAGAZINE, it, l'Espresso, 26 August 2016title=Senza Formigoni e Lupi la rete di Cl è più forte di primaCorrado Passera in the post.THE WHO'S WHO OF THE MONTI GOVERNMENTACCESS-DATE=7 SEPTEMBER 2013DATE=16 NOVEMBER 2011New Centre-Right formed by Angelino Alfano in November 2013.WHAT THE ALFANO-BERLUSCONI SPLIT MEANS FOR ITALIAN POLITICSACCESS-DATE=20 NOVEMBER 2013AUTHOR=KEVIN LEESACCESS-DATE=20 MARCH 2015AGENCY=REUTERSRenzi Cabinet>cabinet formed by Matteo Renzi in February 2014.ANDREW FRYE>AUTHOR2=CHIARA VASARRIPREMEIRurl=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-21/renzi-accepts-italian-premiership-after-bringing-down-letta.htmlBloomberg News>access-date=14 July 2014|date=22 February 2014}}

Resignation

On 19 March 2015 Lupi announced that he would step down as minister on the following day due to a scandal involving public works on infrastructure in which his name was cited several times.NEWS, Giada Zampano, Italian Infrastructure Minister Maurizio Lupi Will Resign,weblink 19 March 2015The Wall Street Journal>date=19 March 2015weblinkwork=Euronews, 20 March 2015,

Personal life and views

Lupi is married and has three children.WEB, LUPI Maurizio Enzo,weblinkweblink>work=Who's whourl-status=dead, 13 February 2012, In the Letta cabinet, Lupi was one of two members of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation.JAMES WALSTON>TITLE=ITALY'S FRAGILE NEW GOVERNMENT IS UNLIKELY TO STAY FOR THE LONG HAULDATE=1 MAY 2013ACCESS-DATE=17 MAY 2013, He is a strong supporter of the Treno Alta Velocità project that would connect Italy and France via high-speed rail.ITALY: A NEW POLITICAL GOVERNMENT (FINALLY) IN PLACEACCESS-DATE=17 MAY 2013DATE=1 MAY 2013,

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