Matteo Renzi is Italian and was born in Florence.
Florence ( [ ˈflɒrəns ] ; Firenze [ fiˈrɛntse ] ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of Florence . Matteo Renzi ( [ matˈtɛːo ˈrɛntsi ] ; born 11 January 1975 ) is an Italian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 until December 2016 .