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]
Political career
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]
Recognition
In 2019, Picierno was the recipient of the Justice & Gender Equality Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[11]
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