{{Short description|Italian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Barbara Lezzi | image = Barbara Lezzi datisenato 2018.jpg | occupation = Politician | office = Minister for the South | prime_minister = Giuseppe Conte | term_start = 1 June 2018 | term_end = 5 September 2019 | predecessor = Claudio De Vincenti | successor = Peppe Provenzano | office1 = Member of the Senate | term_start1 = 15 March 2013 | term_end1 = 13 October 2022 | constituency1 = Apulia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|4|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Lecce, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | party = Five Star Movement {{small|(2009-2021)}} | alma_mater = }}
'''Barbara Lezzi''' (born 24 April 1972 in Lecce) is an Italian politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for the South from 1 June 2018 until 5 September 2019.
==Biography== Barbara Lezzi was born in Lecce on 24 April 1972. She took a diploma at the Commercial Technical Institute "Deledda" of Lecce and in 1992 she was taken as an employee by a company in the commerce sector.
==Political career== She was elected Senator for the first time in the 2013 Italian general election. Subsequently, she became Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Budget and Economic Planning and member of the Standing Committee on European Policies. She was re-elected Senator in the 2018 Italian general election.
On 1 June 2018, she was appointed Minister for Southern Italy of the Conte Cabinet.<ref>[http://www.adnkronos.com/fatti/politica/2018/06/01/chi-lezzi-nuovo-ministro-per-sud_Ce61Xh2o94Ou5wDgM5Fj0J.html Chi è Lezzi, il nuovo ministro per il Sud]</ref> left|thumb|295x295px|Lezzi is the fourth from the left, on the front row.
== Personal life == Lezzi married Rocco Zaminga, an accountant. She gave birth to a son in 2016 named Cristiano Attila.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2018/07/20/ministro-barbara-lezzi-relatrice-incontro-figlio.html|title=Lecce, la ministra Lezzi partecipa a convegno con il figlio in braccio {{!}} Sky TG24|website=tg24.sky.it|access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lezzi, Barbara}} Category:21st-century Italian women politicians Category:1972 births Category:People from Lecce Category:Five Star Movement politicians Category:Senators of Legislature XVII of Italy Category:Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Category:Women government ministers of Italy Category:Living people Category:Conte I Cabinet Category:20th-century Italian women Category:Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)