Pina Picierno Explained

Pina Picierno
Office:Vice-President of the European Parliament
Term Start:18 January 2022
Alongside:See List
President:Roberta Metsola
Office1:Member of the European Parliament for Italy
Term Start1:2014
Office2:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2014
Birth Date:10 May 1981
Birth Place:Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Party: Italy


Democratic Party


Party of European Socialists

Alma Mater:University of Salerno

Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno (born 10 May 1981) is an Italian politician. Born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, she is a member of the Democratic Party who has been serving in 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.

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 Magazines annual MEP Awards.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home - Pina PICIERNO - MEPs - European Parliament. www.europarl.europa.eu. 10 May 1981 .
  2. Web site: XVII Legislatura - XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Scheda deputato - PICIERNO Pina. www.camera.it. it.
  3. Web site: Pina Picierno: "In Europa al servizio delle comunità del Mezzogiorno" - +ECONOMIA . 2014-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107095938/http://www.piueconomia.it/news/pina-picierno-in-europa-al-servizio-delle-comunita-del-mezzogiorno . 2014-11-07 . dead .
  4. News: 8th parliamentary term Pina PICIERNO MEPs European Parliament . en . 2022-12-12.
  5. News: Home Pina PICIERNO MEPs European Parliament . en . 2022-12-12.
  6. Web site: 2022-01-18. Parliament's new Vice-Presidents News European Parliament. 2022-01-19. www.europarl.europa.eu. en.
  7. https://ecpc.org/intergroup/ Intergroup
  8. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-fighting-against-poverty.pdf Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty
  9. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_13_Integrity_20151112.pdf Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)
  10. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_26-Western%20Sahara.pdf Members
  11. News: MEP Awards 2019: Heartfelt reactions from our winners. Hutchinson. Lorna. 21 March 2019. The Parliament Magazine. 13 August 2019.