Lorenzo Fontana (born 10 April 1980) is an Italian politician and member of the League (Lega), who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies since 14 October 2022.

[3] During the university, he joined the Liga Veneta, the regional branch of Lega Nord (LN), and in 2002 he was elected vice-secretary of the Young Padanians Movement, the League's youth wing.

His spiritual counsellor is Father Vilmar Pavesi FSSP who is a well-known monarchist and an opponent of abortion, divorce, euthanasia, and LGBT rights.

[12] On 1 June 2018, the League and the Five Star Movement (M5S) formed a coalition government led by the independent university professor Giuseppe Conte.

[17] In March 2019, he helped organize the anti-gay, anti-feminist, and anti-abortion World Congress of Families in Verona, to the point of authorizing the use of the logo of Conte's administrative office in order to promote the event without the prime minister's permission.

[25][26][27] In his inauguration speech, Fontana thanked President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Francis for their role in Italy's life and quoted several Catholic personalities, such as Saint Thomas Aquinas and Blessed Carlo Acutis.

[28] While meeting the President of Verkhovna Rada Stefančuk, he reiterated that the Russian aggression represents a violations an international laws and that the winning of Ukraine means stability for all European countries.

He reiterated that his positions are aligned with NATO and the EU, following the latest voting decisions of the Lega - ID group in the European Parliament.

[36][37][38] He opposes illegal immigration to Italy, claiming it to be a serious threat that "aims to erase the Italian people along with their communities and traditions", along with "gay marriages and the so-called gender theory in schools".