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Pina Picierno

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Pina Picierno
MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 January 2022
Serving with See List
PresidentRoberta Metsola
Member of the European Parliament for Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
2008–2014
Personal details
Born (1981-05-10) 10 May 1981 (age 43)
Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Political party Italian:
Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists
Alma materUniversity 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

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Career in national politics

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Picierno served two terms as a member of the Italian Parliament between 2008 and 2014.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Home - Pina PICIERNO - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 10 May 1981.
  2. ^ "XVII Legislatura - XVII Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Scheda deputato - PICIERNO Pina". www.camera.it (in Italian).
  3. ^ "Pina Picierno: "In Europa al servizio delle comunità del Mezzogiorno" - +ECONOMIA". Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "8th parliamentary term | Pina PICIERNO | MEPs | European Parliament". Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Home | Pina PICIERNO | MEPs | European Parliament". Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Parliament's new Vice-Presidents | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  7. ^ Intergroup European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).
  8. ^ Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty European Parliament.
  9. ^ Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.
  10. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
  11. ^ Hutchinson, Lorna (21 March 2019). "MEP Awards 2019: Heartfelt reactions from our winners". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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