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| honorific-prefix =
| name = Matteo Salvini
| image = Matteo Salvini
| caption = Salvini in
| office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Italy]]
| primeminister = [[Giorgia Meloni]]
| alongside = [[Antonio Tajani]]
| predecessor = Himself
| term_start = 22 October 2022
| primeminister1 = [[Giuseppe Conte]]
| alongside1 =
| term_start1 = 1 June 2018
| term_end1 = 5 September 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Angelino Alfano]] (2014)
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[
| primeminister2 =
| term_start2 = 22 October 2022
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Enrico Giovannini]]
| office3 = [[
| primeminister3 =
| term_start3 = 1 June 2018
| term_end3 = 5 September 2019
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'''Matteo Salvini''' ({{IPA
Salvini has been considered a hardline [[Eurosceptic]] politician, holding a starkly critical view of the [[European Union]], especially of the [[euro]]. He opposes [[illegal immigration]] into Italy and the EU as well as the EU's management of [[asylum seeker]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hunt|first=Louise|title=Salvini's Crackdown on Migrants in Italy Is Creating a Crisis, Not Solving One|url=https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28080/salvini-s-crackdown-on-migrants-in-italy-is-creating-a-crisis-not-solving-one|access-date=25 October 2021|website=www.worldpoliticsreview.com|date=30 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Italy's Salvini dismisses EU asylum proposal|website=[[Associated Press]] |date=24 July 2018 |url=https://apnews.com/article/a843226450064da79d94a08bfa1f2582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fortuna|first=Gerardo|date=17 May 2019|title=Salvini fumes at EU court ruling on refugee returns|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/salvini-fumes-at-eu-court-ruling-on-refugee-returns/|access-date=25 October 2021|website=www.euractiv.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> He is also considered one of the main leaders of the [[populist]] wave in Europe during the 2010s and a member of the [[neo-nationalist]] movement, which is a rightist ideology that emphasizes [[de-globalization]], [[Nativism (politics)|nativist]] and [[protectionist]] stances.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stephens|first1=Bret|author-link1=Bret Stephens|title=Trump's Neo-Nationalists|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-neo-nationalists-1479774129|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=21 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/29/matteo-salvini-far-right-italian-politician-lega-leader-wants-copy-brexit-7584925/|title=Who is Matteo Salvini? Far-right Italian politician who wants to copy Brexit|date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
During his first stint as
==Early life==
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On 21 December 2017, Salvini presented the new electoral logo of the Northern League for the [[2018 Italian general election|2018 general election]]; for the first time since its foundation the party ran in all the constituencies of the country, using a logo without the word "Northern".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/lega-simbolo-via-nord-Salvini-premier-a6ca9637-6154-45e2-a98c-f91fda0893ea.html|title=Lega. Ecco il simbolo, via Nord ma con Salvini premier|website=rainews}}</ref>
The League obtained a resounding success, becoming the third largest party in Italy with 17.4% of the vote. The ticket won most of its votes in the North (including 32.2% in [[Veneto]], 28.0% in [[Lombardy]], 26.7% in [[Trentino]], 25.8% in [[Friuli
After the election's results were known, both Salvini and the head of the [[Five Star Movement]], [[Luigi Di Maio]], stated that they deserved to receive from President [[Sergio Mattarella]] the mandate to form a new cabinet, because they led, respectively, the largest party and the largest coalition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2018-03-05/terremoto-pd-renzi-si-dimette-salvini-la-lega-ha-vinto-e-guidera-governo-maio-dato-storico-112905.shtml?uuid=AECXiKBE|title=Salvini: "La Lega guiderà governo". Di Maio: "Inizia Terza Repubblica"|website=Il Sole 24 ORE|date=5 March 2018 }}</ref> On 6 March, Salvini repeated his campaign message that his party would refuse any coalition with the Five Star Movement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/italien-das-sind-die-ziele-der-populisten-salvini-und-di-maio-15481130-p2.html|title=Was die Populisten wirklich wollen|date=6 March 2018|publisher=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|newspaper=Faz.net|last1=Rüb|first1=Matthias}}</ref>
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On 7 May, President Mattarella held a third round of government formation talks, after which he formally confirmed the lack of any possible majority. The Five Star Movement was rejecting an alliance with the entire centre-right coalition, the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] was rejecting an alliance with both the Five Star Movement and the centre-right coalition, and the League refusing to enter a government with the Five Star Movement without [[Silvio Berlusconi]]'s Forza Italia party (yet whose presence in the government was explicitly vetoed by Luigi Di Maio).
Consequently, Mattarella announced his intention to soon appoint a "neutral government" (irrespective of M5S and League's refusal to support such an option). This would take over from the [[Gentiloni Cabinet]], which was considered unable to lead Italy into a second consecutive election as it was representing a majority from a past legislature, and offering an early election in July (on what would be the first ever summer general election in Italy) as a realistic option to take into consideration due to the deadlock situation.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/07/sergio-mattarella-italian-president-neutral-government |newspaper= The Guardian |access-date= 9 May 2018 |date=7 May 2018 |title= Italian president says 'neutral' government should lead until end of year}}</ref> The Lega and M5S agreed to hold new elections on 8 July, an option that was however rejected by all other parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2018-05/italien-staatspraesident-erklaert-regierungsbildung-fuer-gescheitert|title=Staatspräsident erklärt Regierungsbildung für gescheitert|website=DIE ZEIT|date=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/italien-regierungsbildung-ist-gescheitert-italien-steht-vor-neuwahlen/21253934.html|title=Regierungsbildung ist gescheitert – Italien steht vor Neuwahlen|website=Handelsblatt|date=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-italy-politics/italy-repeat-election-looms-in-july-as-parties-still-far-apart-idUKKBN1I816S?il=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054430/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-italy-politics/italy-repeat-election-looms-in-july-as-parties-still-far-apart-idUKKBN1I816S?il=0|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2018|title=Italy repeat election looms in July as parties still far apart|last=Giorgio|first=Massimiliano Di|work=U.K.|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>
On 9 May, after a day of rumours, both Salvini and Di Maio officially requested that President Mattarella give them 24 more hours to strike a government agreement between the two parties.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.ft.com/content/b253e5a4-53a0-11e8-b3ee-41e0209208ec |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9SQfJ |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=Financial Times |access-date= 9 May 2018 |date=9 May 2018 |title= Italy's populist parties given 24 hours to avert fresh elections}}</ref> That evening, Silvio Berlusconi publicly announced Forza Italia would not support a Five Star Movement – League government on a vote of confidence, but he would still maintain the centre-right alliance nonetheless, thus opening the door to a possible majority government between the two parties.<ref>{{cite news |work= Repubblica.it |url= http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/05/09/news/governo_salvini_ci_provero_fino_all_ultimo_-195890439/ |publisher= La Repubblica |access-date= 9 May 2018 |date=9 May 2018 |title= Governo M5S-Lega, Berlusconi: nessun veto all'intesa ma no alla fiducia |language= it}}</ref>
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[[File:Salvini Centinaio Giorgetti.jpg|thumb|left|Salvini with League's delegation at the [[Quirinal Palace]] in April 2018]]
On 21 May 2018, Di Maio and Salvini proposed the professor of private law [[Giuseppe Conte]] for the role of [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] in the [[2018 Italian government formation|2018]] [[Politics of Italy#Government|Italian government]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://formiche.net/2018/02/giuseppe-conte-scelto-luigi-maio-la-squadra-governo/|title=Chi è Giuseppe Conte, scelto da Luigi Di Maio per la possibile squadra di governo|website=formiche.net|date=28 February 2018|language=it|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141200/http://formiche.net/2018/02/giuseppe-conte-scelto-luigi-maio-la-squadra-governo/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44197351|work=BBC News|title=Italy populist government pact: Candidate for prime minister named|date=21 May 2018|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/21/italy-populist-coalition-set-to-name-political-novice-as-pm-nominee|title=Italian president in talks as populist parties put forward novice for PM|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> despite reports in the Italian press suggesting that President Mattarella still had significant reservations about the direction of the new government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/world/europe/italy-government-giuseppe-conte-di-maio.html|title=Italy's Populists Move Closer to Power, With Little-Known Pick for Prime Minister|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 May 2018 |url-access=limited|last1=Horowitz |first1=Jason }}</ref> On 23 May 2018, Conte was invited to the [[Quirinal Palace]] to receive the presidential mandate to form a new cabinet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-populists-premier-presidential-mandate-55386036|title=The Latest: Premier-designate confirms Italy's place in EU|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=2 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524005429/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-populists-premier-presidential-mandate-55386036|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/05/23/news/governo_conte_torna_in_bilico_tempi_piu_lunghi_mattarella_vuole_riflettere-197118162/?ref=RHPPLF-BL-I0-C8-P1-S1.8-T1|title=Di Battista all'attacco di Mattarella: "Non si opponga agli italiani". La lunga giornata del Colle|date=23 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> In the traditional statement after the appointment, Conte said that he would be the "defense lawyer of the Italian people".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/governo-mattarella-conferisce-a-conte-l-incarico-saro-l-avvocato-difensore-degli-italiani-_3141680-201802a.shtml|title=Governo, Conte incaricato da Mattarella: "Sarò lʼavvocato difensore degli italiani" – Tgcom24|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524081854/http://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/governo-mattarella-conferisce-a-conte-l-incarico-saro-l-avvocato-difensore-degli-italiani-_3141680-201802a.shtml|archive-date=24 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
However, on 27 May, Conte renounced his office, due to conflicts between Salvini and President Mattarella. In fact, Salvini proposed the university professor [[Paolo Savona]] as [[Italian Minister of Economy and Finances|Minister of Economy and Finances]], but Mattarella strongly opposed him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/05/27/news/governo_conte_mattarella_savona-197450521/|title=Governo, il giorno della rinuncia di Conte. Ecco come è fallita la trattativa su Savona|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> In his speech after Conte's resignation, Mattarella declared that the two parties wanted to bring Italy out of the [[Eurozone]], and as the guarantor of the Italian Constitution and the country's interest and stability he could not allow this. Moreover, in the same speech he affirmed that a possible abandonment of the euro had never been declared during the electoral campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/2018/05/27/lora-piu-buia-di-mattarella-la-scelta-obbligata-di-difendere-linteresse-nazionale-dopo-il-no-dei-partiti-alla-soluzione-giorgetti-per-leconomia_a_23444708/|title=L'ora più buia di Mattarella: la scelta obbligata di difendere l'interesse nazionale dopo il no dei partiti alla soluzione Giorgetti per l'Economia|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/05/27/news/governo_dopo_le_minacce_di_impeachment_sui_social_parte_la_solidarieta_a_mattarella-197516727/|title=Governo, firme e tweet di solidarietà a Mattarella. Ma spuntano anche minacce di morte|date=27 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>
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===European politics===
Leading up to the [[2019 European Parliament election]], Salvini worked to create a pan-European alliance of nationalist political parties,<ref>{{cite news | last1=Parodi | first1=Emilio | title=Nationalist EU parties plan to join forces after May elections | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-italy/nationalist-eu-parties-plan-to-join-forces-after-may-elections-idUSKCN1RK10F | date=8 April 2019 | work=[[Reuters]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Barry | first1=Colleen | title=Italy emerges as ground zero for European extremist populism | url=https://www.apnews.com/6ad43709411a4526a0e520869652158e | date=3 May 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Barry | first1=Colleen | title=Italy's Salvini stakes out post as Europe's populist leader | url=https://www.apnews.com/3376a808df2641cf9da01476bcf7a1e9 | date=19 May 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Salvini seeks European nationalist unity at Milan rally | url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190518-salvini-seeks-european-nationalist-unity-milan-rally | date=18 May 2019 | publisher=[[France 24]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Giuffrida | first1=Angela | title=Europe's far-right leaders unite with a vow to 'change history' | url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/18/europe-far-right-leaders-unite-milan-vow-to-change-history | date=18 May 2019 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> and he continued these efforts after the election.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Guarascio | first1=Francesco | title=Europe's rising far-right tries to bury differences to wield clout | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-right/europes-rising-far-right-tries-to-bury-differences-to-wield-clout-idUSKCN1SX1EP | date=27 May 2019 | work=[[Reuters]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Hinnant | first1=Lori | title=Macron vs. Salvini: Two leaders face off over EU's future | url=https://www.apnews.com/6152801851684d879999dbcdc62c1e0f | date=27 May 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Squires | first1=Nick | title=How a triumphant Matteo Salvini plans to build a new coalition of eurosceptics with Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/27/matteo-salvini-triumphs-european-elections-taking-nearly-35/ | date=28 May 2019 | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Barry | first1=Colleen | title=Salvini vows to unite EU populists yet lacks partners | url=https://www.apnews.com/f4c8b3c5e07e4924833ff072aed10783 | date=28 May 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> He founded the [[European Alliance of Peoples and Nations]] on 8 April 2019. In the [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy|European elections in Italy]], the League won a plurality of votes for the first time in a nationwide election,<ref>{{cite web | last1=Amaro | first1=Silvia | title=Italy's anti-immigration Lega party enjoys EU election triumph | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/27/italy-european-election-results.html | date=27 May 2019 | publisher=[[CNBC]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Castelfranco | first1=Sabina | title=In Italy, Anti-Migrant Populist Wins Big | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/in-italy-anti-migrant-populist-wins-big/4933943.html | date=27 May 2019 | publisher=[[Voice of America]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> gaining more than 34% of votes,<ref>{{cite news | last1=Balmer | first1=Crispian | last2=Amante | first2=Angelo | title=Italy's ruling League triumphs in EU vote as 5-Star slumps | url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-election-italy/italys-ruling-league-triumphs-in-eu-vote-as-5-star-slumps-idUKKCN1SW0WZ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527030420/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-election-italy/italys-ruling-league-triumphs-in-eu-vote-as-5-star-slumps-idUKKCN1SW0WZ | url-status=dead | archive-date=27 May 2019 | date=26 May 2019 | work=[[Reuters]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Follain | first1=John | last2=Totaro | first2=Lorenzo | title=Salvini Pulls Rank After Trouncing Five Star in EU Vote | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-26/salvini-s-league-set-to-surge-but-premiership-may-elude-him | date=26 May 2019 | publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> something which strengthened Salvini's position in Italy.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Ritter | first1=Karl | last2=Barry | first2=Colleen | title=European victory gives Salvini more leverage in Italy | url=https://apnews.com/dfd4f5206e5b4152b7dcb337e5fa0356 | date=27 May 2019 | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Sciorilli Borrelli | first1=Silvia | last2=Barigazzi | first2=Jacopo | title=Salvini wins big — but only in Italy | url=https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-election-2019-matteo-salvinis-wins-big-but-only-in-italy/ | date=27 May 2019 | publisher=[[Politico]] | access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Galofaro | first1=Antonino | title=La double victoire de Matteo Salvini | url=https://www.letemps.ch/monde/double-victoire-matteo-salvini | date=27 May 2019 | newspaper=[[Le Temps]] | access-date=29 May 2019 | language=fr}}</ref> Overall, the European coalition [[Identity and Democracy]], which the Lega is part of, became the fifth-largest group in the newly elected [[European Parliament]].
==Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister (2018–2019)==
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{{See also|Meloni Cabinet}}
On 22 October 2022, [[Giorgia Meloni]], the leader of [[Brothers of Italy]] party, was sworn in as Italy's first female prime minister. Lega leader Matteo Salvini became deputy prime minister in her government. The new government, Italy's most right-wing since World War II, included also centre-right party of ex-prime minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Italy Meloni: Far-right leader agrees to form government |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63327290 |work=BBC News |date=21 October 2022}}</ref>
In April 2024, a vote of no confidence was initiated against Salvini and did not pass.<ref>{{cite web |title=Italy's Matteo Salvini survives no-confidence vote |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/04/04/italian-deputy-prime-minister-matteo-salvini-survives-no-confidence-vote |website=euronews |access-date=28 July 2024 |language=en |date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
==Legal issues==
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In October 2021, Salvini's second trial on migrant kidnapping charges began in [[Palermo]], Sicily.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 October 2021|title=Italy's former interior minister Salvini stands trial on migrant kidnapping charges|url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20211023-italy-s-former-interior-minister-salvini-stands-trial-on-migrant-kidnapping-charges|access-date=25 October 2021|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> The American actor [[Richard Gere]] was called upon as a witness by Open Arms, since he had gone on board of their rescue boat in an act of solidarity with the crew and passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 October 2021|title=Matteo Salvini objects to Richard Gere as witness in kidnap trial|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/23/matteo-salvini-goes-on-trial-for-kidnap-over-blocked-migrant-ship|access-date=25 October 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
In September 2024, prosecutors requested a six-year prison sentence for Salvini as part of the trial that began in July 2020. Salvini's defense is expected on October 18, preceding the first sentencing.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zampano |first1=Giada |title=Italy's deputy premier Matteo Salvini faces a potential 6-year prison sentence in migration trial |url=https://apnews.com/article/italy-salvini-meloni-migration-open-arms-trial-d144a9c9fa0afb65879171d20a0059ae |website=AP News |access-date=17 September 2024 |language=en |date=15 September 2024}}</ref>
==Political views==
{{Conservatism in Italy|Politicians}}
===Domestic policy===
Salvini has been described as [[hard euroscepticism|hard Eurosceptic]], holding a starkly critical view of the [[European Union]] (EU), especially of the [[euro]], which he once described as a "crime against humanity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/politica/2013/12/15/Lega-Salvini-contro-euro-Crimine-contro-umanita-_9781968.html |title=Lega, Salvini contro euro: 'Crimine contro l'umanità' – Politica |website=ANSA.it |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref> Though in October 2012, he said he supported euro for Northern Italy, whilst Southern Italy should not use it: "I in Milan want it, because here we are in Europe. The South, on the other hand, is like Greece and needs another currency. The euro cannot afford it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2012 |title=I meridionali stiano "senza l'euro, non se lo meritano" |url=https://www.milanotoday.it/politica/salvini-euro-sud.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=MilanoToday |language=it}}</ref> Salvini is also opposed to [[Immigration to Italy|illegal immigration into Italy]] and the EU and the EU's management of asylum seekers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/mondo/lasciate-immigrati-largo-e-scoppia-bufera-su-salvini-1094448.html |title="Lasciate gli immigrati al largo". E scoppia la bufera su Salvini |language=it |website=IlGiornale.it |date=15 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilcittadino.it/Facet/ultimaOra/Uuid/b0d2dbde-bcdd-11e4-85a4-c5f22cb8376c/ |title=Il Cittadino di Lodi |website=Ilcittadino.it |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=3 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305222837/http://ilcittadino.it/facet/ultimaora/uuid/b0d2dbde-bcdd-11e4-85a4-c5f22cb8376c |archive-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref> In September 2018, he said: "I'm paid by citizens to help our young people start having children again the way they did a few years ago, and not to uproot the best of the African youth to replace Europeans who are not having children anymore".<ref>{{cite news |title=Italy's Salvini likens African immigrants to 'slaves' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-luxembourg/italys-salvini-likens-african-immigrants-to-slaves-idUSKCN1LU1QR |work=Reuters |date=14 September 2018}}</ref> His political views have been described as on the far-right,<ref name="StilleAug2018">{{cite web | last1=Stille | first1=Alexander | title=How Matteo Salvini Pulled Italy to the Far Right | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/09/how-matteo-salvini-pulled-italy-to-the-far-right | date=9 August 2018 | work=[[The Guardian]] | access-date=11 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/italys-other-matteo-salvini-northern-league-politicians-media-effettosalvini/|title=Italy's far right jolts back from dead|date=3 February 2016}}</ref> espousing policies such as, among others, collecting census data on and expelling members of the Roma community living illegally in Italy.<ref name="SalviniRomaNYT"/>
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==Personal life==
In 2001, Matteo Salvini married Fabrizia Ieluzzi, a journalist who worked for a private radio station, by whom he had one child in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/salvini-comunista-padano-che-milano-d-sangue-968284.html|title=Salvini, il comunista padano che per Milano dà il sangue|first=Giancarlo|last=Perna|website=ilGiornale.it|date=18 November 2013 }}</ref> After his divorce he had a daughter by his [[domestic partner]] Giulia Martinelli in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Politica/Lega-Matteo-Salvini-e-il-nuovo-segretario-del-Carroccio-Scheda_32962945732.html|title=Adnkronos|website=www1.adnkronos.com}}</ref> He later became engaged to [[Elisa Isoardi]], a popular TV host.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dilei.it/vip/elisa-isoardi-matteo-salvini-instagram/546863/|title="Muoio dalla voglia di rivederti": la dedica d'amore di Elisa Isoardi per Salvini|date=1 June 2018}}</ref> After a relationship of nearly three years, Isoardi announced their split in November 2018 via an Instagram post.<ref>{{cite news|title = Isoardi annuncia la rottura con Salvini: "Con Matteo è finita". Lui replica: "Peccato, qualcuno aveva altre priorità"|newspaper = [[La Repubblica]]|date =5 November 2018|url = https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/11/05/news/isoardi_salvini_rottura_finita_instagram-210819069/|access-date = 6 November 2018}}</ref> As of March 2019, Salvini is engaged to Francesca Verdini, daughter of the politician [[Denis Verdini]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firenzetoday.it/attualita/chi-e-francesca-verdini-fidanzata-salvini.html|title=Francesca Verdini è la nuova fidanzata di Matteo Salvini|website=FirenzeToday}}</ref> Salvini is nicknamed "The Captain" (''Il Capitano'') by his supporters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2018/03/06/italia/il-capitano-salvini-studia-da-premier-orgoglioso-di-essere-populista-q9Y7idqyf8yc3mPmttMdxJ/pagina.html|title=Il Capitano Salvini studia da premier: "Orgoglioso di essere populista"|website=LaStampa.it|date=6 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilpopulista.it/news/18-Dicembre-2016/8332/il-capitano-a-palermo-salvini-uno-di-noi.html|title=Il Capitano a Palermo. "Salvini, uno di noi"|website=www.ilpopulista.it|access-date=18 May 2018|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211130842/http://www.ilpopulista.it/news/18-Dicembre-2016/8332/il-capitano-a-palermo-salvini-uno-di-noi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Matteo Salvini is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Italy plans MANDATORY crucifixes in public buildings – with a £890 fine for non-compliance|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/994234/italy-news-crucifix-law-matteo-salvini-christian-news|website=express.co.uk|date=25 July 2018 }}</ref>
A long time resident of Milan, Salvini is an avid supporter of
==Electoral history==
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