Irene Tinagli

Irene Tinagli MEP
Irene Tinagli in October 2019
Deputy secretary of the Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2021 Serving with Peppe Provenzano
Secretary	Enrico Letta
Preceded by	Andrea Orlando
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Constituency	North-West Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 15 March 2013 – 22 March 2018
Constituency	Emilia-Romagna
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-16) 16 April 1974 Empoli, Italy
Political party	PD (2008–2013; since 2015)
Other political affiliations	SC (2013–2015)
Alma mater	Bocconi University (Degree) Carnegie Mellon University (PhD)
Profession	Politician, economist
Website	irenetinagli.it

Irene Tinagli (born 16 April 1974) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Thanks to a Fulbright grant, in 2002 she earned a Master in Public Administration from the Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as chairperson of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Career

Tinagli was a consultant for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, contributing to the drafting of the book Understanding Knowledge Societies, published in 2005 by the United Nations.

In 2009, Tinagli began to teach Management and Organizations at the Charles III University of Madrid. She is a Member of the Advisory Council of the Florence School of Banking and Finance (European University), on the Board of Trustees of Friends of Europe, and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics of the University of Pennsylvania.

Member of the Italian Parliament, 2013–2018

Tinagli was elected MP among the ranks of Civic Choice in the 2013 general election. In February 2015, together with other deputies, she left Civic Choice and joined the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party. On 17 March 2021, she was appointed deputy secretary of the Democratic Party by its new national secretary Enrico Letta.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In 2019, Tinagli was the candidate from the Democratic Party in the European election and was elected MEP with 106,710 preferences. After intending to work at the Committee on International Trade, she was elected as chair of the Economic and monetary affairs committee to succeed Roberto Gualtieri following the appointment of Gualtieri as finance minister on 5 September.

Other activities

• Friends of Europe, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)

Recognition

In March 2010, Tinagli was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for "professional skills, commitment to society, and a potential contribution to shaping the future of the world". In March 2024, Tinagli was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards,

Publications

• Europe in the Creative Age (con R. Florida), Demos, London, 2004.
• Sweden in the Creative Age (con R. Florida, P. Strom, E. Whalqvist), University of Gothenburg, School of Economics, Business and Law, 2007
• Talento da svendere, Turin, Einaudi, 2008.
• L'Italia è un Paese bloccato. Muoviamoci! La mobilità sociale secondo Italia Futura, Rome, Italia Futura, 2009.
• Giovani, al lavoro! Le proposte di Italia Futura per l'occupazione giovanile, with Stefano Micelli and Marco Simoni, Rome, Italia Futura, 2010.
• Norway in the Creative Age. Research Report, Staten vegvesen & Abelia, Oslo, 2012
• Un futuro a colori. Scoprire nuove opportunità di lavoro e vivere felici, Rizzoli editore, 2014.
• La grande ignoranza. Dall'uomo qualunque al ministro qualunque, l'ascesa dell'incompetenza e il declino dell'Italia. Rizzoli editore, 2019.