Isabella Adinolfi (born 27 March 1978) is an Italian politician and Member of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the 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 adopts ...

from

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

since 2014. She was a member of

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

, part of the

Europe for Freedom and Democracy Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD or EFD²) was a Eurosceptic and populist political group in the European Parliament. The EFDD group was a continuation for the Eighth European Parliament of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) gr ...

until July 2021 when she joined

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

Biography

She graduated in Conservation of Cultural Heritage with a thesis on the restoration of archaeological wood, subsequently obtaining a master's degree in Local Sustainable Development.

Political activity

Adinolfi was a candidate of the Five Star Movement for the Southern Italy constituency in the

2014 European Parliament election The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union, from 22 to 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candid ...

. She won election to the

, receiving 67,477 votes. In the

2019 European Parliament election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

, she was the top candidate on the party list.

References

External links

Board Isabella Adinolfi on the site Beppe Grillo
* 1978 births Living people People from Nocera Inferiore Five Star Movement MEPs MEPs for Italy 2014–2019 MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Italy {{Italy-MEP-stub