Simona Bonafé (born 24 June 1973) is an Italian politician and journalist who is serving as a member of the country's

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Career

Born in

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, Bonafé started her political activity in 2002 with

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party. In 2004 she was appointed Councillor for the Environment in

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, a role she held until 2013. From 2007, she also worked as a journalist for the newspapers ''Corriere di Firenze'' and ''

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''. Bonafé was elected to the Italian parliament in 2013 with the

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, and in 2014 she was elected

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(MEP) with the same party collecting over 288,000 preferences. A member of the

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group, she has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, she was the parliament's rapporteur on the EU Circular Economy Package and represented the Parliament at the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Bonafé was a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the

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. She also serves as vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation and as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity, the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights. Following the resignation of

Roberto Gualtieri Roberto Gualtieri (born 19 July 1966) is an Italian historian, academic and politician of the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD), incumbent Mayor of Rome since 2021 Rome municipal election, 2021 and Italian Minister of Economy and Fi ...

to return to national politics in late 2019, Bonafé was elected vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

Iratxe García Iratxe García Pérez (; born 7 October 1974) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2004, and has served as the Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Soc ...

. She was elected back to the Italian parliament in 2022.

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European Parliament – Simona Bonafé
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonafe, Simona 1973 births Living people Politicians from Varese Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIX of Italy Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs MEPs for Italy 2014–2019 MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Italy Italian women journalists Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)