Background
Napoletano, Pasqualina was born on September 28, 1949 in Molfetta, Bari, Italy.
Member of the European Parliament politician
Napoletano, Pasqualina was born on September 28, 1949 in Molfetta, Bari, Italy.
Member party executive Democratici Sinistra, since 1979, member national party, since 1998, member Lazio regional council, 1980, group leader, 1984, head secretariat of vice-chairman of council, 1986. Head Italian Democratici Sinistra delegation European Parliament, vice president American College of Physicians-European Union joint assembly, 1989, vice-chairman Party European Socialists. Member Committee Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common.
Security and Defense Policy. Substitute Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities. Vice-chairman Delegation for relations with Maghreb countries andthe Arab Maghreb Union.
She joined the Italian Communist Party in 1971, and was responsible for the women"s section in Rome. In 1980, Napoletano was elected member of Lazio Regional Council, and also became group leader. In November 1996 she returned to the European Parliament, and became Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy, as well as member of the Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries.
From 1999 to 2004, whilst still a Member of the European Parliament, she became Chairman of the Italian delegation and Vice-Chairman of the PSE Group.
She was rapporteur on Wider Europe for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and took part, as member of the European Parliament"s delegation, in all the activities involved in the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.