“I resign from January 15th, I have no other roles”

Elizabeth Belloni leaves the guide of Disthe Department of Information Security. After the indiscretion reported today by Republicwho explained that for her, however, there would be a new assignment of prestige on the horizon, confirmation has arrived from the person directly involved: she will resign on January 15th.

Belloni would have confided his decision to the prime minister last month Georgie Melons during a confidential meeting held before Christmas, which he reportedly also attended Alfredo Mantovano, the undersecretary to the Presidency with responsibility for services. It would be one choice suddenwhich arrives months before natural expiry of the mandate, scheduled for next May and after an extension decided by the Prime Minister.

But in the future of Belloni, who had been chosen as head of the DIS by Mario Draghi, there would be another prestigious (technical) position, as she learns Republicprecisely alongside the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, although she did not confirm: “At the moment I’m just leaving, I have no other duties“. The relationship between Meloni and the ambassador has long been characterized by being very close, he further underlines Republicof mutual respect and collaboration. The one with Mantovano was much less fluid, especially in the last phase.

Who will replace Belloni, already head of the Farnesina crisis unit, general director for development cooperation and then general secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Paolo Gentiloni, it is not yet known: among the names for the leadership of the Dis, that of Bruno Valensisformer deputy at DIS and now director of AISI (Information and Internal Security Agency).