Irene Tinagli

Irene Tinagli MEP
Deputy secretary of the Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2021 Serving with Peppe Provenzano
Secretary	Enrico Letta
Preceded by	Andrea Orlando
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Constituency	North-West Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Emilia-Romagna
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-16) 16 April 1974 Empoli, Italy
Political party	Democratic Party (2008–2013; since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Civic Choice (2013–2015)
Alma mater	Bocconi University (Degree) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Profession	Politician, economist
Website	irenetinagli.it

Irene Tinagli (born 16 April 1974) is an Italian economist and politician, who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She serves as chairwoman of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Career

Tinagli was a consultant for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, contributing to the drafting of the book Understanding Knowledge Societies, published in 2005 by the United Nations. She also worked as consultant for the European Commission and several regional bodies and governments both in Italy and abroad.

In 2009, Tinagli began to teach Management and Organizations at the Charles III University of Madrid.

Member of the Italian Parliament, 2013–2018

Tinagli was elected MP among the ranks of Civic Choice in the 2013 general election. In February 2015, together with other deputies, she left Civic Choice and joined the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party. On March 17 2021, she was appointed deputy-secretary of the Democratic Party by its new national secretary Enrico Letta.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In 2019, Tinagli was candidate with the Democratic Party in the European election and was elected MEP with 106,710 preferences. She was initially meant to work in the Committee on International Trade but following the appointment of Roberto Gualtieri as finance minister on 5 September, she was elected as chair of the Economic and monetary affairs committee to succeed Gualtieri. In 2020, she also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.

In addition to her committee assignments, Tinagli is a member of the delegation for relations with the United States.

Other activities

• Friends of Europe, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)

Recognition

In March 2010, Tinagli was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for "professional skills, commitment to society and a potential contribution to shaping the future of the world".

Publications

• Europe in the Creative Age (con R. Florida), Demos, London, 2004.
• Sweden in the Creative Age (con R. Florida, P. Strom, E. Whalqvist), University of Gothenburg, School of Economics, Business and Law, 2007
• Talento da svendere, Turin, Einaudi, 2008.
• L'Italia è un Paese bloccato. Muoviamoci! La mobilità sociale secondo Italia Futura, Rome, Italia Futura, 2009.
• Giovani, al lavoro! Le proposte di Italia Futura per l'occupazione giovanile, with Stefano Micelli and Marco Simoni, Rome, Italia Futura, 2010.
• Norway in the Creative Age. Research Report, Staten vegvesen & Abelia, Oslo, 2012
• Un futuro a colori. Scoprire nuove opportunità di lavoro e vivere felici, Rizzoli editore, 2014.
• La grande ignoranza. Dall'uomo qualunque al ministro qualunque, l'ascesa dell'incompetenza e il declino dell'Italia. Rizzoli editore, 2019.