Riccardo Nencini (born 19 October 1959) is an Italian politician. Nencini was born at Barberino di Mugello, in the province of Florence. He is the nephew of professional cyclist Gastone Nencini, winner of the 1960 Tour de France. A long-time member of the

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Social democracy, social democratic and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parti ...

(PSI), he joined the Italian Socialists (SI) in 1994 and the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) in 1998. From 1994 to 1999 he was member of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

. From 2000 to 2010 he was president of the Regional Council of

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...

. On 5 July 2008 he became secretary of the

. In 2013 Nencini was elected to the Chamber of Deputies among the ranks of the Democratic Party. From 28 February 2014 to 1 June 2018 he served as deputy minister of infrastructure and transport in the governments led by

Matteo Renzi Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having bee ...

and Paolo Gentiloni. In the 2018 general election he was elected senator in the uninominal constituency of

Arezzo Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...

. In 2019 he left the office of PSI secretary and was appointed president of the party.PSI: Riccardo Nencini eletto alla presidenza del Consiglio nazionale del partito
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1959 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leicester People from Barberino di Mugello Ministers of transport of Italy Presidents of the Regional Council of Tuscany Members of the Regional Council of Tuscany MEPs for Italy 1994–1999 Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Italian Socialist Party politicians Italian Socialists politicians Italian Democratic Socialists MEPs Italian Socialist Party (2007) politicians Leaders of political parties University of Florence alumni {{Italy-MEP-stub