Alberto Bonisoli appointed Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage

After 88 days of political crisis, the M5S-Lega government was formed on the eve of Italy's Republic Day, June 2, 2018. Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini announced a joint declaration for a political government, with Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister and Sergio Mattarella as President. Alberto Bonisoli, interim director of NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan, was appointed Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, replacing Dario Franceschini. Bonisoli, born in 1961 in Mantua, is an expert in higher education and design with international project experience. He previously worked with Laureate International Universities, which acquired NABA and Domus Academy in 2010 and held ownership until 2017. He became NABA director in 2012 and has served as Senior Consultant for the Ministry of Education, collaborating with minister Marco Bussetti. Since 2013, he has led the Piattaforma Sistema Formativo Moda, an association promoting Italian fashion education internationally. He also taught Innovation Management at Bocconi University in Milan and consulted for public institutions and the European Union. Bonisoli's appointment may signal partial continuity with Franceschini's policies, such as the Art Bonus, museum reform, and internationalization, but his operational line remains unclear. The government contract between Lega and M5S, criticized as superficial, provides the framework for his mandate.