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Pina Picierno
Italian politician (born 1981)
Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno (born 10 May 1981 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2014.[1]
Pina Picierno | |
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Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 18 January 2022 | |
President | Roberta Metsola |
Member of the European Parliament for Italy | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 2008–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1981-05-10) 10 May 1981 (age 42) Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy |
Political party | Italian: Democratic Party EU: Party of European Socialists |
Alma mater | University of Salerno |
Career in national politics
Picierno served two terms as a member of the Italian Parliament between 2008 and 2014.[2]
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
Picierno was selected to head her party's regional list in the 2014 European elections.[3] In parliament, she is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. She served on the Committee on Budgets from 2014 to 2017[4] and currently serves on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, she served as vice-chairwoman of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee from 2014 to 2019.[4]
Picierno was elected as Vice-President on 18 January 2022.[6]
Picierno is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)[9] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara.[10]
In 2019, Picierno was the recipient of the Justice & Gender Equality Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[11]
- "Home - Pina PICIERNO - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- "XVII Legislatura - XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Scheda deputato - PICIERNO Pina". www.camera.it (in Italian).
- "Pina Picierno: "In Europa al servizio delle comunità del Mezzogiorno" - +ECONOMIA". Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- "8th parliamentary term | Pina PICIERNO | MEPs | European Parliament". Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- "Home | Pina PICIERNO | MEPs | European Parliament". Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- "Parliament's new Vice-Presidents | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- Intergroup European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).
- Hutchinson, Lorna (21 March 2019). "MEP Awards 2019: Heartfelt reactions from our winners". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- Personal profile of Pina Picierno in the European Parliament's database of members
- Pina Picierno at Openpolis
- Picierno views on immigration
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