Paola Pinna (born 11 November 1974) is an Italian politician. Born in

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, Pinna graduated in Political Science, and earned an MBA in Business Management at the LUISS School of Government in Rome. She worked for seven years for a network of travel agencies. In 2013 Pinna was elected deputy for the 5 Star Movement. On 27 November 2014, she was expelled from her party for allegedly not having given part of his salary as a parliamentarian to charity, as prescribed by the movement. She defended herself publishing the accounts of her donations on her

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and then declaring she had been expelled for her criticism towards

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following the defeat in 2014 regional elections in

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and

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. On March 26, 2015, Pinna joined the parliamentary group of

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Italian Chamber of Deputies - Paola Pinna
1974 births Living people People from Cagliari Five Star Movement politicians Civic Choice politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Politicians of Sardinia 21st-century Italian women politicians Sardinian women Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) {{Italy-politician-DemocraticPartyItaly-stub