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 "markdown": "# Antonio Iannone\n\nAntonio Iannone is an Italian politician of Fratelli d'Italia who serves as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure and [Transport](https://www.edgepedia.org/transport).<sup>[1](https://www.governo.it/en/node/50)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup> He has been a Senator and served as the party's regional coordinator in Campania.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.agendapolitica.it/fdi-in-campania-antonio-iannone-dopo-13-anni-lascio-incarico-di-coordinatore-auguri-a-gennaro-sangiuliano/)</sup>\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Party | Fratelli d'Italia<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup> |\n| Current office | Sottosegretario di Stato (Undersecretary of State) at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport<sup>[1](https://www.governo.it/en/node/50)</sup>; Senator |\n| Previous offices | Regional coordinator of Fratelli d'Italia in Campania<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[3](https://www.agendapolitica.it/fdi-in-campania-antonio-iannone-dopo-13-anni-lascio-incarico-di-coordinatore-auguri-a-gennaro-sangiuliano/)</sup> |\n| Born | Torre del Greco<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup> |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nIannone is a member of Fratelli d'Italia and has sat in the Senate for the party.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup> He served for 13 years as the party's regional coordinator in Campania before handing the role to Gennaro Sangiuliano.<sup>[3](https://www.agendapolitica.it/fdi-in-campania-antonio-iannone-dopo-13-anni-lascio-incarico-di-coordinatore-auguri-a-gennaro-sangiuliano/)</sup>\n\n## Early life and education\n\nIannone was born in Torre del Greco, in the province of Naples, Campania.<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup> Before entering government he worked as a company manager and as a consultant for institutional relations, and he began his political activity in right-wing parties.<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup>\n\n## Career\n\nIannone has been a Senator of the Republic for Fratelli d'Italia.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup> He was appointed Sottosegretario di Stato (Undersecretary of State) at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT), and the government's official website lists him among the undersecretaries serving the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[1](https://www.governo.it/en/node/50)</sup> In that capacity he has represented the ministry at CIPESS, the interministerial committee for economic planning and sustainable development.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup> He has also participated in sector events such as LetExpo, a transport and logistics fair in Verona, where he spoke on a panel about simplification in transport.<sup>[5](https://www.mediapress24.it/trasporti-iannone-privato-e-pubblico-lavorino-insieme)</sup> After 13 years as regional coordinator of Fratelli d'Italia in Campania, he announced that he was leaving the role, which was taken up by Gennaro Sangiuliano together with Imma Vietri.<sup>[3](https://www.agendapolitica.it/fdi-in-campania-antonio-iannone-dopo-13-anni-lascio-incarico-di-coordinatore-auguri-a-gennaro-sangiuliano/)</sup>\n\n## Issues specific to Iannone\n\nAs undersecretary, Iannone announced CIPESS funding decisions concerning Campania. In a statement issued after a CIPESS meeting at the Presidency of the Council, he said the committee had approved financing for 23 projects proposed by the MIT for more than 154 million euros, including three projects in the province of Salerno worth more than 103 million euros, among them safety works on the San Giovanni Corrente dam in Ceraso (1 million euros) and on the Carmine dam in Cannalonga (2,250,000 euros), and the refinancing of the Salerno metro through the Development and Cohesion Fund.<sup>[2](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)</sup>\n\nHe was also involved in a public disagreement over local transport funding in Campania. After the president of the Campania region and another regional official spoke of cuts to local public transport funding of, respectively, 100 million and 60 million euros, Iannone rejected the figures, saying nothing had been cut and describing the amounts as projections rather than scientific estimates. He pointed to the Grazzanise airport in Caserta, which he said the region was unwilling to invest in but which he had included for the first time in the PNA (Piano Nazionale degli Aeroporti, the National Airport Plan), and to funding losses in the Valle Ufita area.<sup>[6](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-trasporti-in-campania-fico-e-cascone-parlano-di-tagli-inesistenti/)</sup>\n\nIn September 2025, in an interview with StrettoWeb, he discussed the [Strait of Messina](https://www.edgepedia.org/strait-of-messina) bridge, saying it would bring economic, environmental, and employment benefits, and addressed public transport policy and the regional election campaign in Calabria.<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup>\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### Public and private roles in transport\n\nAt the LetExpo fair in Verona, Iannone argued that the public and private sectors should work together in transport. He said: \"Bisogna comprendere una cosa fondamentale: privato e pubblico devono costituire motrice e rimorchio, che da soli non avrebbero senso\" (Edgepedia translation: \"We need to understand one fundamental thing: the private and public sectors must be the driving force and the tow, which alone would make no sense\").<sup>[5](https://www.mediapress24.it/trasporti-iannone-privato-e-pubblico-lavorino-insieme)</sup> On bureaucracy, he said: \"Sicuramente la burocrazia esiste: la lentezza del pubblico è un grande freno, ma è necessaria per soddisfare la necessità di controlli\" (Edgepedia translation: \"Bureaucracy certainly exists: the slowness of the public sector is a major brake, but it is necessary to meet the need for controls\").<sup>[5](https://www.mediapress24.it/trasporti-iannone-privato-e-pubblico-lavorino-insieme)</sup> An English-language report of the same remarks quoted him as saying: \"We need to understand one fundamental thing: the private and public sectors must be the driving force and the trailblazer, which alone would be meaningless.\"<sup>[7](https://en.lamilano.it/by-the-media/private-and-public-transport-work-together/)</sup>\n\n### Administrative simplification\n\nAt the same event, Iannone described Italy's industrial policy as based on \"digitalizzazione e semplificazione amministrativa\" (Edgepedia translation: \"digitalization and administrative simplification\"), citing the Single Special Economic Zone (ZES) with 6,500 tax credit requests, 413 single authorizations issued, an investment volume of 7 billion euros, and an estimated 7,000 new jobs.<sup>[5](https://www.mediapress24.it/trasporti-iannone-privato-e-pubblico-lavorino-insieme)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://en.lamilano.it/by-the-media/private-and-public-transport-work-together/)</sup>\n\n### Local public transport\n\nIn the September 2025 StrettoWeb interview, Iannone called local public transport a strategic asset of the state and of the regions. He said that transport companies should focus on their core business rather than also running water, cemetery, and urban sanitation services, and that local authorities should carry out significant transformations with the support of experienced managers. He noted that for 2025 the government had allocated 5.344 billion euros for local public transport as the ordinary endowment of the National Transport Fund, including an increase of 120 million euros from the 2025 budget law.<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup>\n\n### Differentiated autonomy and Campania funding\n\nResponding to claims of transport funding cuts in Campania, Iannone said that differentiated autonomy had been approved with a Fratelli d'Italia amendment to Article 4 of the law first signed by de Priamo, clarifying that additional resources for regions activating autonomy cannot be taken from regions that do not activate it. He urged the Campania region to focus on projects such as the Grazzanise airport, included for the first time in the National Airport Plan.<sup>[6](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-trasporti-in-campania-fico-e-cascone-parlano-di-tagli-inesistenti/)</sup>\n\n### Strait of Messina bridge\n\nIn the September 2025 interview, Iannone said the bridge over the Strait of Messina would bring economic, environmental, and employment benefits.<sup>[4](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Vice Presidenti, Ministri e Sottosegretari | www.governo.it](https://www.governo.it/en/node/50)\n2. [ANTONIO IANNONE (FDI): \"CIPESS, RIFINANZIATI METROPOLITANA DI SALERNO E DIGHE DEL CILENTO\" - Agenda Politica](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-cipess-rifinanziati-metropolitana-di-salerno-e-dighe-del-cilento/)\n3. [FDI IN CAMPANIA. ANTONIO IANNONE: \"DOPO 13 ANNI LASCIO INCARICO DI COORDINATORE, AUGURI A GENNARO SANGIULIANO\" - Agenda Politica](https://www.agendapolitica.it/fdi-in-campania-antonio-iannone-dopo-13-anni-lascio-incarico-di-coordinatore-auguri-a-gennaro-sangiuliano/)\n4. [Ponte sullo Stretto, Iannone: \"porterà benefici economici, ambientali e occupazionali\" | INTERVISTA](https://www.strettoweb.com/2025/09/ponte-sullo-stretto-iannone-portera-benefici-economici-ambientali-e-occupazionali-intervista/1963983/)\n5. [Trasporti, Iannone: \"Privato e pubblico lavorino insieme\" - MediaPress24.it](https://www.mediapress24.it/trasporti-iannone-privato-e-pubblico-lavorino-insieme)\n6. [ANTONIO IANNONE (FDI): \"TRASPORTI IN CAMPANIA, FICO E CASCONE PARLANO DI TAGLI INESISTENTI\" - Agenda Politica](https://www.agendapolitica.it/antonio-iannone-fdi-trasporti-in-campania-fico-e-cascone-parlano-di-tagli-inesistenti/)\n7. [Transportation, Iannone: \"Private and public sectors must work together.\"](https://en.lamilano.it/by-the-media/private-and-public-transport-work-together/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Politics and government › Government and public administration › Politicians and government officeholders (biographies) › Western European politicians › Politicians since 1945 › Ministers and government officials › Surnames H to M*\n\n*Initially written Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026 · Edited: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026 · Last review: Sep 29, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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