Pina Picierno
# Pina Picierno

Giuseppina "Pina" Picierno (born 10 May 1981 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2014.

## Political career

### Career in national politics

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

### Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Picierno was selected to head her party's regional list in the 2014 European elections. 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 and currently serves on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. 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.

Picierno was elected as Vice-President on 18 January 2022.

Picierno is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer, the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara.

## Recognition

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

