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]

Secretaries

N°		Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office		Primary election
1			Walter Veltroni (1955– )	14 October 2007	21 February 2009	2007
2			Dario Franceschini (1958– )	21 February 2009	7 November 2009	None[2]
3			Pier Luigi Bersani (1951– )	7 November 2009	20 April 2013	2009
Vacant[3]				20 April 2013	11 May 2013
4			Guglielmo Epifani (1950–2021)	11 May 2013	15 December 2013	None[4]
5			Matteo Renzi (1975– )	15 December 2013	19 February 2017	2013
Vacant[5]				19 February 2017	7 May 2017
(5)			Matteo Renzi (1975– )	7 May 2017	12 March 2018	2017
Vacant[6]				12 March 2018	7 July 2018
6			Maurizio Martina (1978– )	7 July 2018	17 November 2018	None[7]
Vacant[8]				17 November 2018	17 March 2019
7			Nicola Zingaretti (1965– )	17 March 2019	14 March 2021	2019
8			Enrico Letta (1966– )	14 March 2021	12 March 2023	None[9]
9			Elly Schlein (1985– )	12 March 2023	Incumbent	2023

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	Enrico Letta	1 year, 363 days	1
4	Nicola Zingaretti	1 year, 362 days	1
5	Elly Schlein	1 year, 233 days	1
6	Walter Veltroni	1 year, 130 days	1
7	Dario Franceschini	259 days	1
8	Guglielmo Epifani	218 days	1
9	Maurizio Martina	133 days	1

Secretaries timeline

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– )		17 March 2021
6			Peppe Provenzano (1982– )	17 March 2021	12 March 2023	Letta
			Irene Tinagli (1974– )

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	Peppe Provenzano Irene Tinagli	1 year, 360 days	Enrico Letta
4	Andrea Orlando	1 year, 334 days	Nicola Zingaretti
5	Dario Franceschini	1 year, 130 days	Walter Veltroni
6	Maurizio Martina	309 days	Matteo Renzi (2nd term)
7	Paola De Micheli	141 days	Nicola Zingaretti

Deputy secretaries timeline

References

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