Fabrizio Curcio (born in 1966) is an Italian government

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, who served as Head of the

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from 3 April 2015 to 8 August 2017 and again since 26 February 2021.

Biography

Born in 1966, he graduated in

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from the

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and subsequently obtained two masters on European

and on Security and Protection. Curcio dealt with first emergencies as an officer of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian national corps of

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. During this period, he was part of the mobile column that dealt with the emergency caused by the earthquake in Umbria and Marche in 1997. He then coordinated the firefighters involved in the

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and in the 2002

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–

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summit in Pratica di Mare. Curcio joined the

in 2007, selected by Guido Bertolaso to direct the secretariat. In the following year he headed the "Emergency Management Section", including the

2009 Messina floods and mudslides The 2009 Messina floods and mudslides occurred in Sicily on the night of 1–2 October, mainly along the Ionian Sea, Ionian coast in the Province of Messina. They also affected other parts of northeastern Sicily and killed a total of at least 31 ...

and those in Liguria and Tuscany, the

2009 L'Aquila earthquake An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy, at 03:32 Central European Time#Central European Summer Time, CEST (01:32 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC) on 6 April 2009. It was rated 5.8 or 5.9 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on ...

and the

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as well as the removal of the

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, after its shipwreck near

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. On 3 April 2015, Prime Minister

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appointed him Head of the Civil Protection, replacing

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, who became prefect of

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. On 8 August 2017, Curcio resigned due personal reasons, and was succeeded by

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. On 26 February 2021, upon the expiry of the mandate of Angelo Borrelli, Prime Minister

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re-appointed Curcio Head of the Civil Protection.Nota della Presidenza del Consiglio
''Governo Italiano''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curcio, Fabrizio 1966 births Living people Italian civil servants