Paola De Micheli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːola de miˈkɛːli]; born 1 September 1973) is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021;[1] she was the first woman to hold the office.

[2] De Micheli graduated in political sciences at the Catholic University in Milan and worked as a manager in the agri-food industry.

A centre-left Christian Democrat, she later joined the Italian People's Party (PPI) and Democracy is Freedom (DL).

[9] In September 2017, De Micheli left her office at the Ministry of Economy to replace Vasco Errani as new Commissioner for the reconstruction of the areas hit by the 2016 and 2017 earthquakes.

[13] On 5 September 2019, De Micheli was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, in the government of Giuseppe Conte, who led a coalition between Democrats and the Five Star Movement.