Background
Following the political career of his father, the former member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1972 – 1983), Domenico Pittella, he was a member of the Italian Socialist Party, Labour Federation and Democrats of the Left.
Following the political career of his father, the former member of the Senate of the Italian Republic (1972 – 1983), Domenico Pittella, he was a member of the Italian Socialist Party, Labour Federation and Democrats of the Left.
In 1996 he was elected to the Italian Parliament. Pittella took part in the 2013 Democratic Party leadership election. He was re-elected in 2004, 2009 and 2014.
In the European Parliament he was leader of the Italian delegation within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and also one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament from 14 July 2009 to 1 July 2014.
On 6 June 2014 Pittella was elected with 96% of the vote as the President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the second largest political group at the European Parliament and the only one with members from all 28 European Union member states. As leader of the Socialists and Democrats, Gianni is committed to fighting inequalities by shoring up growth and employment in the European Union. Here is a summary of Pittella"s biography: Graduate in Medicine, specialization in Forensic pathology 1979: Municipal councillor in Lauria (Italian Socialist Party) 2009: Vice President of the European Parliament 2014: President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
After graduating in medicine and surgery and later specialising in legal and forensic medicine at the University of Naples Federico II Pitella remained very much involved in local and national politics. He came fourth out of four with 5.7% in the vote by party members, thus being excluded to the subsequent primary election. In September 2013 Pittella"s younger brother, Marcello, a fellow Socialist, Labourite, Democrat of the Left and finally Democrat and very close to his brother Gianni, won the centre-left primary for President of Basilicata.
He has been president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (South&Doctorate), the second largest political group in the European Parliament, since 2014, and he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. He is a member of the Italian Democratic Party (Privatdozent ). At the age of 21, he was elected to the municipal council of his hometown Lauria and a year later became a member of the regional council of Basilicata with responsibility for training, culture and productive activities.
In 1999 European Parliament election he was elected to the European Parliament and became a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Fondation européenne d"études progressistes (FEPS), Ex-Officio Member of the Bureau
Member of the Italian Socialist Party, regional secretary of Young Socialists in Basilicata
1980: Member of the Regional Council of Basilicata (Italian Socialist Party)
1996: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Labour Federation)
1999: Member of the European Parliament (Democrats of the Left, Democratic Party).