Alessandra Moretti
Alessandra Moretti MEP | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Constituency | North-East Italy |
In office 1 July 2014 – 15 January 2015 | |
Constituency | North-East Italy |
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 19 March 2013 – 25 June 2014 | |
Constituency | VII (Veneto 1) |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 June 1973 Vicenza, Italy | (age 48)
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Urbino |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Alessandra Moretti (born 24 June 1973 in Vicenza) is an Italian politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Early life and education[]
Moretti graduated in law at the University of Urbino and has worked as a divorce lawyer since 2001.[1]
Political career[]
Since her young age, Moretti was interested in politics, following her father, who had been active in the Italian Communist Party. She first entered politics with the Democrats of the Left.[2][3] After some failed electoral campaigns (notably including that of the 2007 provincial election of Vicenza, on a list in support of Giorgio Carollo of Veneto for the EPP),[4] in 2008 Moretti, who joined the Democratic Party (PD), was elected to the municipal council of Vicenza and was appointed Deputy Mayor with delegation for education and youth.[1]
In 2012 Moretti gained national prominence when she was appointed by Pier Luigi Bersani spokeswoman of his campaign for the centre-left primary election. In the event, Bersani won the nomination for Prime Minister, but lost the 2013 general election. Moretti was however elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the PD.
In the 2014 European Parliament election Moretti was elected to the European Parliament but resigned in February 2015 to contest local elections and was replaced by Damiano Zoffoli.
In the 2015 Venetian regional election Moretti ran for President of Veneto, but gained a mere 22.7% of the vote and was thus defeated by incumbent President Luca Zaia of Northern League, who secured 50.1% of the vote.
In the 2019 European elections, Moretti re-entered the European Parliament. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2020, she also joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Japan.[6] She is also a member of the Spinelli Group.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "Moretti, Pipitone, Rubinato: il centrosinistra sceglie il candidato". La Nuova Venezia. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Chi è Alessandra Moretti candidata regionali Veneto". 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Alessandra Moretti biografia 2018: il Veneto, i figli e il Pd di Renzi". www.politicanti.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
- ^ Alessandra Moretti European Parliament.
- ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
External links[]
Media related to Alessandra Moretti at Wikimedia Commons
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Vicenza
- Democrats of the Left politicians
- Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
- Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs
- Democratic Party (Italy) politicians
- MEPs for Italy 2014–2019
- MEPs for Italy 2019–2024
- 21st-century women MEPs for Italy
- Politicians of Veneto
- University of Urbino alumni