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
1 Walter Veltroni
(1955– )		 14 October 2007 21 February 2009 2007
2 Dario Franceschini
(1958– )		 21 February 2009 7 November 2009 None[3]
3 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]
5 Matteo Renzi
(1975– )		 15 December 2013 19 February 2017 2013
Vacant[6] 19 February 2017 7 May 2017
(5) Matteo Renzi
(1975– )		 7 May 2017 12 March 2018 2017
Vacant[7] 12 March 2018 7 July 2018
6 Maurizio Martina
(1978– )		 7 July 2018 17 November 2018 None[8]
Vacant[9] 17 November 2018 17 March 2019
7 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
Nicola ZingarettiMaurizio MartinaMatteo RenziGuglielmo EpifaniPier Luigi BersaniDario FranceschiniWalter Veltroni

Deputy Secretaries
N° Portrait Name
(Born–Died)		 Term of office Secretary
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
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
Andrea Orlando
(1969– )		 Incumbent

Deputy Secretary tenure
Rank Secretary Total time in office Secretary
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
Andrea OrlandoPaola De MicheliMaurizio MartinaDebora SerracchianiLorenzo GueriniEnrico LettaDario Franceschini

References
  1. Statuto del Partito Democratico
  2. "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.
  3. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Veltroni.
  4. No one served as Acting Secretary.
  5. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Bersani.
  6. Party's President, Matteo Orfini, served as Acting Secretary.
  7. Party's Deputy Secretary, Maurizio Martina, served as Acting Secretary.
  8. Elected by party's National Assembly to replace the resigning Renzi.
  9. No one served as Acting Secretary.
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