Nadia Moscufo (born 16 December 1963) is a Belgian trade unionist, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the

Workers' Party of Belgium The Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA) is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium. It is the only Belgian party represented in parliament that is a fully national party, representing both Flanders and Wallonia. Having historically be ...

, she has represented

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since June 2019. Moscufo was born on 16 December 1963 in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau. Her parents were from

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and had been members of the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party (, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Part ...

(PCI). She has two sisters and grew up in

Herstal Herstal (; ), formerly known as Heristal, or Héristal (), is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. It lies along the Meuse river. Herst ...

where she was educated at the local Atheneum. She had an

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when she was 16-years old. After school she had various jobs in retail from 1981 and was a trade union representative for the (CNE). Following her divorce, she gave up work in 1987 to look after her son but after three months she resumed working and was employed at

Aldi Aldi (German pronunciation: ), stylised as ALDI, is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and ...

for 21 years. She was a representative for the

Association of Employees, Technicians and Managers Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

(SETCa). She left Aldi in 2008 to work at the (MPLP)

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in Herstal. She was a representative for the

General Labour Federation of Belgium The General Labour Federation of Belgium (, , FGTB; , , ABVV) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and has a membership of 1.5 million ...

(FGTB). Moscufo was a member of the

Communist Party of Belgium The Communist Party of Belgium (, , KPB; , , PCB) was a political party in Belgium from 1921 to 1989. The youth wing of KPB/PCB was known as the Communist Youth of Belgium. The party published a newspaper known as ''Le Drapeau Rouge'' in French ...

but wasn't active. She became acquainted with

(PTB) members after receiving treatment at the MPLP health centre in Herstal. She joined the PTB in 1986. She was elected to the

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in Herstal at the 2000 local election. She was reselected at

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and

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local elections. Moscufo contested the 2003 federal election as the PTB's first placed candidate in

but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. She contested the

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and

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federal elections as the PTB's second placed candidate in Liège but on each occasion the party failed to win any seats in the constituency. She contested the 2014 federal election as the PTB's second placed candidate in Liège but the party won only a single seat in the constituency. She was elected to the Chamber of Representatives at the 2019 federal election. She was re-elected at the 2024 federal election. Moscufo has two sons.

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