Andrea Abodi, who is the Minister of Sport of the Meloni- Corriere.it government

Romano, 62, graduated from Luiss in Economics and Commerce, sports manager since 1994: this is the identikit of new Minister of Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, appointed this afternoon and new figure of the Meloni government. Already indicated by the leader of the Brothers of Italy as candidate for mayor of Rome he was forced to decline the post due to health problems.

The Minister of the Meloni government

Now, after being indicated as the main candidate to preside over the Foundation for the Milan-Cortina Olympics agrees to fill the most prestigious role. Lazio fan, so much so that Claudio Lotito had promised him a managerial role in the biancoceleste club in the past (perspective remained so), he began his career in the world of sport resulting among the co-founders of Media Partners Groupa sports industry company, later acquired by Infront, for which he was executive vice-president.

Director from 2002 to 2008 of Coni Servizi spa, currently the president of the institute for sports credit. His management represented a breaking point with the past, making him rise to a previously unknown value. Above all, it was spent on improving the sports facilities, which is one of the scourges of the country.

From 2010 to 2017 he was president of the Lega di B, accompanied on a path of modernization and independence from the revenues from the Lega di A. was in contention in 2017 to lead the Football Federation, advocate of ideas and projects, in synthesis of a free football, but he was defeated by Carlo Tavecchio. Open to dialogue, skilled communicator, was a name in vogue even in the corridors of the League of A when last year after Confindustria’s Bonomi hypothesis he was proposed as number one in via Rosellini by the consortium led by Beppe Marotta. The snack for Lorenzo Casini supported by Lotito and De Laurentiis.

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A little bad. Now he will be the figure that presidents will turn to to lift the veil on the problems that plague club accounts.. The installment of contributions, the amendment of the Melandri law, the law on stadiums. Congratulations to Andrea Abodi, President Casini said in a note. His vast experience in professional leagues and in the Institute for Sports Credit, to name but a few, make him an ideal profile and are a sure guarantee of skills and professionalism to encourage football reforms, with the urgency of infrastructures, resources and of culture, and to support all Italian sport. Thanks to the Government and the President of the Republic for having restored a Minister of Sports. Even his past opponents, at sensation now, will soften the tone in the discussions.