Giancarlo Giorgetti was born, and still resides, in Cazzago Brabbia (province of Varese, Lombardy)
He graduated in Business Economics at the Bocconi University in Milan.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 1996, where he has served also as president of several parliamentary committees, he has been mayor of his town as well from 1995 to 2004.
Secretary of the Council of Ministers from June 2018 to September 2019, he has been later appointed Minister of Economic Development on February 13th 2021.
Member of Lega since the ‘90s, he is deputy secretary of the party since 2015.
Actively involved in the preservation of the fragile environment of Lake Varese, in 2013 he has been elected president of the local fishermen’s association.