Pasquale Tridico
Italian politician
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Pasquale Tridico (born 21 September 1975) is an Italian economist and politician of the Five Star Movement (M5S). He was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1] He served as president of the National Institute for Social Security from 2019 to 2023.[2]
Pasquale Tridico | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| President of the National Institute for Social Security | |
| In office 14 March 2019 – 23 May 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tito Boeri |
| Succeeded by | Micaela Gelera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1975 (age 50) Scala Coeli, Italy |
| Party | Five Star Movement |
Other political affiliations | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Career
Born in Scala Coeli, Calabria, he moved to Rome to pursue his graduate studies.[3] He graduated in Economics at Università di Roma La Sapienza in 2000 and obtained his PhD at Roma Tre University in 2004. Tridico is a professor at the Roma Tre University department of economics, and has served as secretary-general of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy since 2012.[4] Ahead of the 2018 general election, he was M5S leader Luigi Di Maio's candidate for minister of labour.[5] He was instead appointed president of the National Institute for Social Security, serving from 2019 to 2023.[2] For the 2024 European Parliament election, Tridico was selected as the lead candidate of M5S in Southern Italy.[6]