Giovanni De Gennaro (born August 14, 1948 in Reggio Calabria, Italy) is Chairman of the first Italian Defense Group Leonardo[1] (formerly Finmeccanica[2]).

He was Italy's former police chief and Undersecretary to the Italian Prime Minister with responsibility for information services and security.

De Gennaro graduated in Law at Sapienza University of Rome, and then joined the Italian Police Department.

For such deeds, Italy will later be condemned by the European Court of Human Rights in 2015 and 2017 for not having prevented and punished acts of torture by state agents.

[5] In 2007 De Gennaro became Head of Cabinet for the Italian Ministry of Interior, and held the position of Special Commissioner for an emergency crisis related to waste in Campania region.