Matteo Renzi served as a Prime Minister starting in February 2014 and ending in December 2016.
 On 6 June 2014, Renzi received Prime Minister Abe in Rome
 In August 2019, Renzi played a key role in returning the PD to government with the M5S and the left-wing Free and Equal; he then joined the government with IV to keep Lega and Matteo Salvini out of power, leading to both the rise and fall of the Conte II Cabinet through the 2021 Italian government crisis in January, and then supporting the national-unity government of the Draghi Cabinet in February 2021

