Nicola Zingaretti | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
In office 20 July 2004 – 16 June 2008 | |
Constituency | Central Italy |
President of Lazio | |
In office 12 March 2013 – 10 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Renata Polverini |
Succeeded by | Francesco Rocca |
Secretary of the Democratic Party | |
In office 17 March 2019 – 14 March 2021 | |
Deputy | Andrea Orlando Paola De Micheli (2019) |
Preceded by | Maurizio Martina |
Succeeded by | Enrico Letta |
President of the Province of Rome | |
In office 28 April 2008 – 29 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Enrico Gasbarra |
Succeeded by | Umberto Postiglione (Prefectural Commissioner) |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 13 October 2022 – 9 July 2024 | |
Constituency | Lazio |
Personal details | |
Born | Rome, Italy | 11 October 1965
Political party | PCI (before 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) PD (2007–present) |
Spouse | Cristina Berliri |
Children | 2 daughters |
Relatives | Luca Zingaretti (brother) |
Website | Official website |
Nicola Zingaretti (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla ddziŋɡaˈretti]; born 11 October 1965) is an Italian politician who served as President of Lazio from March 2013 to November 2022 and was Secretary of the Democratic Party from March 2019 until March 2021.[1][2][3]
During the 1990s, he was a prominent European youth leader, serving as National Secretary of the Left Youth, the youth-wing of the Democratic Party of the Left and as President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[4] In 2004, Zingaretti became a Member of the European Parliament for the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree.[5] From 2008 to 2012, he served as President of the Province of Rome.[6]
Zingaretti is considered a social democrat and one of the most prominent members of the party's left-wing.[7] Moreover, he is the longest-serving President of Lazio as well as the first one to be re-elected after a first five-year term.[8]
He is the brother of the actor Luca Zingaretti, who plays Salvo Montalbano in the Inspector Montalbano television series.