Maria Rosaria Boccia, Gennaro Sangiuliano’s former lover, said she was nominated as an unpaid adviser last month
The Italian culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, has quit following backlash over a consultancy role for his former lover that had become an embarrassment for Giorgia Meloni’s government.
Sangiuliano, a 62-year-old former journalist, has faced a media storm since Maria Rosaria Boccia, a fashion entrepreneur, said last month she had been nominated as an “adviser to the minister for major events”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/06/italian-culture-minister-quits-after-affair-scandal-embarrasses-meloni-government
Author : Reuters in Rome
Publish date : 2024-09-06 17:13:25
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