Matteo Piantedosi (born 20 April 1963) is an Italian civil servant and politician serving as the minister of the interior in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. An independent politician, Piantedosi is close to Lega's leader Matteo Salvini. He had previously been the prefect of the provinces of Lodi (2011–2012), Bologna (2017–2018) and Rome (2020–2022), as well as serving as chief of cabinet in the Ministry of the Interior under Salvini and later Luciana Lamorgese (2018–2020).