Nicola Zingaretti

Nicola Zingaretti
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
16 July 2024
In office
20 July 2004 – 16 June 2008
ConstituencyCentral Italy
President of Lazio
In office
12 March 2013 – 10 November 2022
Preceded byRenata Polverini
Succeeded byFrancesco Rocca
Secretary of the Democratic Party
In office
17 March 2019 – 14 March 2021
DeputyAndrea Orlando
Paola De Micheli (2019)
Preceded byMaurizio Martina
Succeeded byEnrico Letta
President of the Province of Rome
In office
28 April 2008 – 29 December 2012
Preceded byEnrico Gasbarra
Succeeded byUmberto Postiglione
(Prefectural Commissioner)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
13 October 2022 – 9 July 2024
ConstituencyLazio
Personal details
Born (1965-10-11) 11 October 1965 (age 59)
Rome, Italy
Political partyPCI (before 1991)
PDS (1991–1998)
DS (1998–2007)
PD (2007–present)
SpouseCristina Berliri
Children2 daughters
RelativesLuca Zingaretti (brother)
WebsiteOfficial 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.

  1. ^ "Elezioni regionali 2013, "Zingaretti vincente in Lazio. Lombardia in bilico" – Il Fatto Quotidiano". 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Primarie Pd, vince Zingaretti. Il comitato del neosegretario: "Siamo oltre il 67%. affluenza a 1milione e 800mila, meglio del 2017"". La Repubblica. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Pd, Zingaretti lascia: 'Basta stillicidio, mi dimetto da segretario'". 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Lazio, chi è il candidato del centrosinistra Nicola Zingaretti – LaPresse". 2 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Nicola ZINGARETTI – History of parliamentary service – MEPs". European Parliament.
  6. ^ "Zingaretti presenta la Giunta provinciale". 12 May 2008.
  7. ^ "Pd, Zingaretti pronto a correre per la segreteria. Orlando sta con lui. Calenda: "Fronte Repubblicano oltre attuali partiti" – Il Fatto Quotidiano". 27 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Regione Lazio – Presidente e Consiglio Regionale". Tuttitalia.it.