Gianni Pittella
| Gianni Pittella | |
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| Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Schulz (Acting) |
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President of the European Parliament Acting |
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In office 18 June 2014 – 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Schulz |
| Succeeded by | Martin Schulz |
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Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy |
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Assumed office 13 June 1999 |
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19 November 1958 Lauria, Italy |
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Socialist Party (Before 1994) Labour Federation (1994–1998) Democrats of the Left (1998–2007) Democratic Party (2007–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Gianni Pittella (born Giovanni Saverio Furio Pittella; 19 November 1958) is an Italian politician from Basilicata. He has been president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second largest political group in the European Parliament, since 2014, and he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. He is a member of the Italian Democratic Party (PD).
Following the political career of his father Domenico Pittella, who was a member of the Senate (1972 – 1983), he was a member of the Italian Socialist Party, Labour Federation and Democrats of the Left.
At the age of 21, he was elected to the municipal council of his hometown Lauria and a year later became a member of the regional council of Basilicata with responsibility for training, culture and productive activities.
After graduating in medicine and surgery and later specialising in legal and forensic medicine at the University of Naples Federico II Pitella remained very much involved in local and national politics. In the 1996 elections, he was elected to the Italian Parliament.
In 2013, Pittella was a member of the national leadership council of the PD, then led by Pier Luigi Bersani. He took part in the 2013 Democratic Party leadership election. He came fourth out of four with 5.7% in the vote by party members, thus being excluded to the subsequent primary election.
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