Gennaro Migliore (born 21 June 1968 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

) is an Italian politician of the

Italia Viva Italia Viva (, IV) is a liberal political party in Italy founded in September 2019. The party is led by Matteo Renzi, a former Prime Minister of Italy and former secretary of the Democratic Party (PD). History Background Matteo Renzi started ...

party who has served as a member of the

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from 2006 until 2008 and again since 2013.

Early life and career

Migliore was born on 21 June 1968 in

Campania Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...

. Since his birth, he has been living in

Casoria Casoria (; nap, Casòria) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples. Casoria borders the following municipalities: Afragola, Arzano, Cardito, Casalnuovo d ...

. He graduated in Physics in 2012 at the age of 44, with a final score of 110/110 cum laude. Migliore is also registered with the journalists' register.

Political career

Migliore has been twice elected to the municipal council of Naples (1997 and 2001), in the ranks of the

Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replac ...

. In 2006 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, and served as the parliamentary group leader of the PRC. In 2008, Migliore was a candidate for the Chamber on the Rainbow Left list, but was not elected due to the failure to cross the electoral threshold of 4%. In 2009, Migliore left the PRC, to follow

Nichi Vendola Nicola "Nichi" Vendola (; born 26 August 1958) is an Italian left-wing politician and LGBT activist who was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Apulia from 1992 to 2005 and President of Apulia from 2005 to 2015. He is one of the first o ...

in his new party, the

Movement for the Left Movement for the Left ( it, Movimento per la Sinistra, MpS) was a socialist political party in Italy. It emerged as a split from the Communist Refoundation Party and later merged into Left Ecology Freedom. Its leader was Nichi Vendola. History ...

(later

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former President ...

). In 2013, Migliore returned to the Chamber of Deputies and became the parliamentary group leader of SEL. On 18 June 2014, he resigned as parliamentary group leader, following the controversy born after the decision to vote in favor of the IRPEF Decree about the 80 euros in payroll for the medium-low incomes, proposed by the

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. On 22 October 2014 he finally joined the

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. In 2016 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Justice in the

, position confirmed also in the next

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(2016–18). In 2018, Migliore was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

Political positions

In a joint letter initiated by

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and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Migliore joined some 70 legislators from Europe, the US, and Japan in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including

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and 5G.Stuart Lau (January 25, 2021)
G7 lawmakers tell leaders to 'stand up' to China
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Migliore, Gennaro 1968 births Living people 21st-century Italian politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Deputies of Legislature XV of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy Communist Refoundation Party politicians Left Ecology Freedom politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Politicians from Naples University of Naples Federico II alumni Italia Viva politicians