Matteo Piantedosi (born 20 April 1963)[1] is an Italian prefect and civil servant serving as the Minister of the Interior in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022.

[2] 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 staff in the Ministry of the Interior under Salvini and later Luciana Lamorgese (2018–2020).

[5] Piantedosi remained in this position after Salvini was replaced by Luciana Lamorgese; he left in August 2020 to be prefect of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.

[1][6] During his time in Salvini's ministry, Piantedosi and the minister were indicted in 2019 over accusations of abuse of office for refusing to allow the passengers on the migrant boat Alan Kurdi to disembark in Italy.

[2] Less than 48 hours after his appointment as Minister of the Interior, Piantedosi enacted directives that prohibited the Ocean Viking and Humanity One NGO ships, which were carrying immigrants, from entering Italian ports.