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Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 until December 2016.
Matteo Renzi is the youngest person to have served as Italian Prime Minister and was at the time the youngest leader in the G7. He was also the first serving Mayor to become Prime Minister.
Matteo Renzi has been described as a centrist and as a liberal by political observers. While in power, Renzi’s government implemented numerous reforms, including changes to the electoral system, a relaxation of labor and employment laws with the intention of boosting economic growth, a thorough reformation of the public administration, the simplification of civil trials, the introduction of same-sex civil unions and the abolition of many small taxes.
