Ignazio Corrao (born 14 January 1984) is an independent Italian politician and he is a member of the
European Parliament
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since 2014. Corrao was born in
Rome
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and grew up in
Alcamo,
Sicily
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Education and career
Corrao graduated in law from the
University of Palermo, and qualified as a lawyer at the Italian Court of Appeal. In the
2014 European Parliament election
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It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...
he was elected to the
European Parliament
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in the
Italian Islands (European Parliament constituency)
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As in the other Italian constituencies, it has only a procedural goal to choose the elected MEPs inside par ...
, getting the highest number of
preference votes
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among the Five Star Movement candidates.
In June 2014, he was elected the first leader of the Five Star Movement's group in Parliament, becoming one of the youngest representatives to get this role in the
European Union
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. Considered one of first political exponents of the
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...
generation, he has gained various experiences of work, study and
volunteering
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abroad at a very young age.
In December 2020, he joined the
Greens/EFA group together with his colleagues
Rosa D'Amato,
Eleonora Evi
Eleonora Evi (born 20 November 1983) is an Italian politician. Since July 2021, Evi is the spokesperson of Green Europe, sharing the leadership of the party with Angelo Bonelli.
Biography
Born in Milan, Evi has been elected as a Member of the E ...
and
Piernicola Pedicini
Piernicola Pedicini (born 22 May 1969 in Benevento) is an Italian politician and member of the European Parliament since 2014. In December 2020, he joined the Greens/EFA group together with his colleagues Rosa D'Amato, Ignazio Corrao and Eleon ...
.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20160308051557/http://www.beppegrillo.it/movimento/parlamentoeuropeo/materiali/ignaziocorrao_M5S_letteradipresentazione.pdf
*http://elezionistorico.interno.it/
*http://www.lastampa.it/2014/06/10/italia/politica/il-grillino-a-bruxelles-con-zaino-e-autostop-wEnxe11F9uW8YJEFTbWPjM/premium.html
*http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/movimento-5-stelle-beppe-grillo/corrao-da-alcamo-a-bruxelles-il-5stelle-che-viaggia-in-autostop/168809/167288
*http://www.blogsicilia.it/tag/ignazio-corrao-autostop/
*http://www.lastampa.it/2014/07/02/italia/politica/per-il-bene-dellitalia-noi-cinque-stelle-dobbiamo-dialogare-con-tutti-i-partiti-b2RkbxB3gUH0jljMyVc9cO/pagina.html?wtrk=cpc.social.Facebook
European Parliament(homesite)
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1984 births
Living people
People from Alcamo
Five Star Movement MEPs
Five Star Movement politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
MEPs for Italy 2014–2019
MEPs for Italy 2019–2024