Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic

The Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic (Italian: Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica) is an Italian government agency within the Council of Ministers with the aim of coordinating the Prime Minister and intelligence agencies.^[1] The current officeholder is Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic

Autorità Delegata per la Sicurezza della Repubblica
Agency overview
Formed	August 13, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-08-13)
Jurisdiction	Government of Italy
Headquarters	Palazzo Chigi, Rome
Agency executive	Alfredo Mantovano, Undersecretary
Website	sicurezzanazionale.gov.it

History

The Delegated Authority was foreseen with the Italian intelligence reform of 2007 promoted by the government of Romano Prodi and officially implemented on 13 August 2007. In October 2007, Prodi delegated the authority to the Enrico Luigi Micheli.^[2] In 2011, Prime Minister Mario Monti initially did not delegate the mandate, maintaining his prerogatives over Italian intelligence. Even Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte did not appoint a delegated authority, keeping responsibility for it in his powers for almost the entire duration of his two governments.

In June 2021, the Council of Ministers of the Mario Draghi government approved the establishment of a National Cybersecurity Agency, reporting to the Prime Minister and the Delegated Authority.^[3]

List of Undersecretaries

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Party		Government	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Enrico Luigi Micheli (1938–2011)	26 October 2007	8 May 2008	195 days		The Daisy / Democratic Party	Prodi II
	Gianni Letta (1935– )	8 May 2008	16 November 2011	3 years, 192 days		The People of Freedom	Berlusconi IV
Office not in use		16 November 2011 – 14 May 2012					Monti
	Giovanni De Gennaro (1948–)	14 May 2012	28 April 2013	349 days		Independent
	Marco Minniti (1956– )	17 May 2013	12 December 2016	3 years, 209 days		Democratic Party	Letta
							Renzi
	Luciano Pizzetti (1959–)	29 December 2016	1 June 2018	1 year, 337 days		Democratic Party	Gentiloni
Office not in use		1 June 2018 – 22 January 2021					Conte I·II
	Pietro Benassi (1958–)	22 January 2021	13 February 2021	22 days		Independent
	Franco Gabrielli (1960–)	1 March 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 235 days		Independent	Draghi
	Alfredo Mantovano (1958– )	24 November 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 257 days		Independent	Meloni