Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Constituency: | Central Italy |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
Office1: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start1: | 28 April 2006 |
Term End1: | 28 April 2008 |
Term Start2: | 15 March 2013 |
Term End2: | 16 April 2013 |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1966 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Alma Mater: | Sapienza University of Rome |
Occupation: | University professor, writer, politician |
Party: | PRC (until 2009) SEL (2009–2016) CP (2017) PD (2018–2024) |
Massimiliano Smeriglio (born 8 May 1966 in Rome) is an Italian politician, writer, university professor, and member of the European Parliament.
In 2006, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Communist Refoundation Party list. He was re-elected in 2013, among the ranks of SEL, but he gave up the seat in the Chamber of Deputies to serve as Vice-president of the Lazio region in the government led by Nicola Zingaretti.
In the 2019 European Parliament election in Italy, Smeriglio was elected as a Member of the European Parliament on the Democratic Party list,[1] [2] [3] as a member of Futura political association headed by Laura Boldrini. He has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education and on the Committee on Petitions.
Smeriglio voted against the European Parliament resolution of 23 November 2022 on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.[4] [5]