Meloni’s Kissinger. Portrait of Patrizia Scurti, from simple secretary to secretary of state

From Fini to Meloni. The ascent of the “mistress” of the premier. You meet presidents, dominate Palazzo Chigi, build the agenda. No social profiles, no information. It’s the shadow

In America the most famous was Henry Kissinger, in Italy the first is Patrizia Scurti. She is the “secretary of state”, in the Italian sense, the handyman, the “don’t worry, I’ll do it quickly”. She is really the secretary, but of Giorgia Meloni. At Palazzo Chigi you are classified as head of the private secretariat. You attended the confidential meetings between Prime Minister Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Olaf Scholz shook her hand. At the G20 in Bali she caressed little Geneva. Hers is the most solemn room in the government, the one that overlooks Piazza Colonna. Her partner is a police officer while she is the “cleanliness”, the serenity of the premier who thanks “God, and Gianfranco Fini, for putting Patrizia by my side. It is my refuge, my protection”.