Giuseppe Luciano Calogero "Peppe" Provenzano (born 23 July 1982) is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party. On 5 September 2019, he was appointed Minister for the South in the government of Giuseppe Conte. Provenzano is a meridionalist.Peppe il Rosso ha spiccato il volo dopo aver detto: "Preferirei di no" Il Fatto Quotidiano
Biography A native of Milena, Sicily, in the province of Caltanissetta, he earned his law degree from the University of Pisa, obtained a licentiate in legal sciences, and received his Ph.D. from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in 2012. In 2010, he became a researcher at the Svimez association, where he has served as deputy director since 2016. His work focuses on Southern Italy, particularly on cohesion and development policies for the region. A member of the editorial board of the Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, he has written for various economic and legal journals and has regularly contributed to the political debate through articles in Le Ragioni del Socialismo, l’Unità, Il Riformista, HuffPost, and la Repubblica. His latest book is La sinistra e la scintilla. Idee per un riscatto (The Left and the Spark: Ideas for Redemption), published by Donzelli.
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