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Italian Culture Minister Resigns Amid Media Storm Over Move To Hire Lover As A Ministry Advisor
Minister has been caught in media storm over move to a hire influencer and love interest as a ministry consultant, which he denied and then admitted
Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano resigned on Friday as a media storm over his move to a hire influencer and love interest as a ministry consultant showed no sign of abating some two weeks after it first broke. His time in role has seen discontent at state broadcaster, with journalists going on strike earlier in this May in protest at the government taking “suffocating control”, while the minister also set in motion a drive to appoint right-leaning allies to key posts like president of the Venice Biennale, the San Carlo Theatre in Naples and the Teatro di Roma. As it emerged that Sangiuliano had been in a personal relationship with Boccia, the minister attempted to ride the growing media storm, attending the opening of the Venice Film Festival with his wife, Rai journalist Federica Corsini, on August 28.
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