Maurizio Leo Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance
Maurizio Leo, the portrait of the millionaire tax expert behind the Redditometer
Lawyer, tax expert, professor, vice-minister… It is difficult to think that a man with so many positions could slip on a “banana peel” like the Redditometer. Right arm of the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti and trusted man who the prime minister Giorgia Meloni listens on economic issues, is, surprisingly, the member of the government with the highest income, equal to over 2 million 780 thousand euros. But the “strong” man of the MEF, between yesterday and today, has seen a change in the consideration towards him by his colleagues at Palazzo Chigi after the “tempering” of his President.
Yes why Leoentered as the author of the program Brothers of Italy in tax matters, with the Redditometer initiative he literally split the majority, bringing new tensions into a context that already did not enjoy extreme serenity.
But before reconstructing his political past and present among the palaces of Power, it is also interesting to remember his passion for business. This is a factor that in some cases could smell like conflict of interestbut which the deputy minister has always managed to contain.
As reported Republicin recent weeks, many accounting firms have received a presentation email from the publisher Giuffre Francis Lefebvre concerning the volume “Income taxes in the consolidated text“, edited by Maurizio Leo.
In detail, these are two volumes available starting from June, and a special discount is offered: instead of 225 euros, the price is 213 euros. Leo, to be safe, had consulted the Competition Authority and the market regarding any conflicts of interest, obtaining a favorable opinion due to the episodic and occasional nature of the work.
Leo he aroused interest as a popularizer by anticipating, in fact, in the volume a tax reform not yet made official, including a decree on extraordinary operations.
In fact, five of the ten collaborators of the work are part of the technical committee for the implementation of the tax reform itself, established through a decree signed by Leo himself. It is important to note that until April Leo held shares in the company Tax project, also involving the family. However, when the case was raised by Republic, sources close to the deputy minister stated that the company is no longer operational and that a change in the corporate purpose is being considered. Despite having changed its name to Business projectthe company’s activity continues to focus, however, on tax issues.
But let’s get back to politics. Sympathizer of Italian social movementwas very close to the founder of the National Alliance Gianfranco Fini. Years later, in the 2006 political elections he was re-nominated for the Chamber, among the lists of AN in the Piedmont 1 constituency in fourth position, being re-elected deputy.
During XV legislature he was a member and group leader of AN in the 6th Finance Commission, as well as a member of the parliamentary commission supervising the tax registry.
In the 2008 political elections he was re-nominated for the Chamber, among the lists of the People of Freedom in the same constituency, being re-elected deputy for the third time. In the XVI legislature of the Republic he was president of the parliamentary commission supervising the tax registry, member of the 6th Finance Commission and of the 5th Budget, Treasury and Planning Commission replacing the interior undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano. He remained in Montecitorio until 2013 and it was here that he joined Brothers of Italy.
In 2018 he was elected by the Chamber as a lay member of the Presidency Council of Administrative Justice and on 3 August he was elected vice-president until September 2019.
Subsequently, Leo attempts a coup and decides to stand as a candidate in the supplementary political elections of that year in the single-member constituency Lazio 1 – 01 (Central Rome), supported by League, Forza Italia, Central Union And Brothers of Italy in a single list, but is defeated by the centre-left candidate, Roberto Gualtiericurrent mayor of Rome.
In the early political elections of 25 September 2022 he was re-nominated for the Chamber of Deputies, as head of the list Brothers of Italy in the multi-member constituency Sicily 2 – 01, being re-elected again as a deputy. With the victory of the centre-right in the 2022 elections and the following birth of the government chaired by Giorgia Meloni, on 31 October 2022 he was indicated by the Council of Ministers as deputy minister of economy and finance in the Meloni government, taking office on 2 November and supporting the minister Giancarlo Giorgettithen obtaining the delegation to the finance department.
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