Licia Ronzulli (born 14 September 1975 in

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) is an Italian politician and a former MEP who represented

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party and

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party in the years 2009-14. She won a seat in the 2009 European Parliament election. She was Vice Chair of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Employment and Social Affairs committee. She is known for being the logistic organiser of

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's parties, known in the press as

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parties. During her tenure as MEP, she has taken her daughter, Vittoria, to the

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plenary sessions in

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. Prior to becoming an MEP, she was a nurse in

Biography

Daughter of a

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origins, Licia Ronzulli began her career working as a nurse in a hospital. In 2003, she became nurses’ coordinator at the ''IRCCS Galeazzi'' hospital of

, in

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. Since 2005 she has been a volunteer of the

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Progetto Sorriso Nel Mondo, with which she travels to

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every year together with a surgical team specialized in the care of malformed children. From 29 April 2015 to 13 January 2017, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Fiera di Milano SpA, as Vice President and Independent Director. During the

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, she was nominated for

party in the district of

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. When she was a candidate in the 2009 European elections, Licia Ronzulli was elected in the northwest of

with 40,016 votes. She joined the European People Party and became a member of the commission for ''Employment and Social Affairs'' and member of the ''Delegation for Relations with South Asia'', as well as a substitute member of the Commission of ''Women Rights and Gender Equality'' and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. On 16 September 2009 she was elected Vice-Chairman of the ''Parliamentary Joint Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-UE Assembly,'' which has the express purpose of promoting human rights and democracy. She has also been involved with Progetto Sorriso nel Mondo (Smile Project in the World) as a volunteer. So far, Licia Ronzulli has presented over a hundred questions to the

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dealing with themes such as combating the spread of serious diseases in the

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. In the

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, Ronzulli was elected to the Senate of the Republic, representing the constituency of Cantù.

Personal life

Ronzulli has a daughter, Vittoria, born in Milan on August 10, 2010 from the union with Renato Cerioli, manager and president of

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and

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. Two years later the couple separated. On 22 September 2010, Ronzulli took her 44-day-old daughter, Vittoria, to a plenary session of the European Parliament. The

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magazine ''Madame le Figaro'' placed her in 3rd place on its list of most influential women of 2010.

References

External links

Page on the site of Europarliament
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronzulli, Licia 1975 births Living people Politicians from Milan The People of Freedom MEPs The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians Senators of Legislature XVIII of Italy Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy MEPs for Italy 2009–2014 21st-century Italian women politicians Forza Italia (2013) senators 20th-century Italian women Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)