Ignazio Corrao | |
Parliament2: | European |
Constituency Mp2: | Italian Islands |
Term Start2: | 20 July 2014 |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1984 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Party: | Independent politician (since 2020) M5S (2013–2020) |
Otherparty: | Greens/EFA (since 2020) |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Website: | Official website |
Ignazio Corrao (born 14 January 1984) is an independent Italian politician and he is a member of the European Parliament since 2014. Corrao was born in Rome and grew up in Alcamo, Sicily.
Corrao graduated in law from the University of Palermo,[1] and qualified as a lawyer at the Italian Court of Appeal. In the 2014 European Parliament election he was elected to the European Parliament in the Italian Islands (European Parliament constituency),[2] getting the highest number of preference votes among the Five Star Movement candidates.[3] In June 2014, he was elected the first leader of the Five Star Movement's group in Parliament, becoming one of the youngest representatives to get this role in the European Union.[4] Considered one of first political exponents of the Erasmus generation, he has gained various experiences of work, study and volunteering abroad at a very young age.[5]
In December 2020, he joined the Greens/EFA group together with his colleagues Rosa D'Amato, Eleonora Evi and Piernicola Pedicini.[6]