Domenico Arcuri (born 10 July 1963) is an Italian

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. In March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister

Giuseppe Conte Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...

, Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation of Health Measures to Contain the

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, one of the most influential role during the emergency. Arcuri held the office until March 2021, when he was dismissed by Prime Minister

Mario Draghi Mario Draghi (; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, banker, statesman, and civil servant, who served as the prime minister of Italy from 13 February 2021 to 22 October 2022. Prior to his appointment as prime mi ...

because of alleged 77 million euros he had received as a commission for mask purchases.

Biography

Domenico Arcuri was born in

Melito di Porto Salvo Melito di Porto Salvo (; or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria; and is also the southernmost m ...

, near

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, in 1963. After attending the "Nunziatella Military School" in

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, in 1986 he graduated in Economics and Commerce at the LUISS Guido Carli of

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, with a thesis entitled "Economic and social profitability of public investments in the

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Professional career

Following his graduation, Arcuri started working at Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), where he held management roles in various companies belonging to the group, becoming particularly skilled in telecommunications and radio and television sectors. In 1992, he joined Pars, a

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between

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and

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, which operated in the high-tech consulting sector, of which he became CEO after only two years. In 2004, Arcuri became CEO of "Deloitte Consulting", the Italian branch of

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, active in the field of business consulting; while in 2007, he was appointed CEO of Invitalia, a

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company focused on the development of the production system, territorial cohesion and reindustrialisation of former industrial areas.

COVID-19 pandemic

On 18 March 2020, Prime Minister

appointed Arcuri as Extraordinary Commissioner for the Implementation and Coordination of the Measures to Contain and Combat the Epidemiological Emergency

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. Arcuri replaced ''de facto''

Angelo Borrelli Angelo Borrelli (born 18 November 1964) is an Italian government official, who served as Head of the Protezione Civile, Civil Protection, from 8 August 2017 until 26 February 2021. Biography Borrelli was born in Santi Cosma e Damiano, Lazio, San ...

, the head of the

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, who was dealing with the emergency since January 2020. As Commissioner he also organized the vaccination campaign, which started on 27 December 2020. In March 2021, the new Prime Minister

replaced him with Army general Francesco Paolo Figliuolo.Draghi sostituisce Arcuri, il generale Figliuolo è il nuovo Commissario all'emergenza Covid
''la Repubblica''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arcuri, Domenico 1963 births Living people People from Melito di Porto Salvo Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic