Michel Martone

Michel Martone (born 8 January 1974 in Nice) is an Italian jurist and academic. He was Deputy Minister for Labor and Welfare from 29 November 2011 to 28 April 2013. On his first assignment, his delegations were active and passive labor market policies, youth employment, vocational training, industrial and labor relations.

He was the youngest member in the Government led by Mario Monti, a government of technocrats in the wake of the Italian debt crisis. He is full professor of labor Law and teaches at the Italian National School of Government, at the University of Teramo and at the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome. He was visiting fellow at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. As research subjects, Martone deals with industrial relations, labor law, labor market, social security, youth and welfare issues.