Simona Bonafé
{{Short description|Italian politician and journalist (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Simona Bonafé
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}}
| image = Simona Bonafè (July 2022).jpg
| office = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start = 13 October 2022
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| constituency = Tuscany
| term_start2 = 15 March 2013
| term_end2 = 25 June 2014
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| constituency2 = Lombardy 2
| office3 = Member of the European Parliament
for Central Italy
| term_start3 = 25 May 2014
| term_end3 = 12 October 2022
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = Beatrice Covassi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Varese, Italy
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| party = DL (2002–2007)
PD (since 2007)
| nationality = Italian
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Simona Bonafé{{cite web|url=http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=80171|title=Bonafé|work=Dizionario italiano multimediale d'Ortografia e di Pronunzia|access-date=31 January 2019}} (born 24 June 1973) is an Italian politician and journalist who is serving as a member of the country's Chamber of Deputies.
Career
Born in Varese, Bonafé started her political activity in 2002 with The Daisy party.{{cite news|last=Andrea Signorelli|title=Chi è Simona Bonafè, la donna dei record del Pd |url=https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/chi-e-simona-bonafe-donna-record-pd-083855156.html|access-date=13 April 2015|work= Yahoo Notizie|date=27 May 2014}} In 2004 she was appointed Councillor for the Environment in Scandicci, a role she held until 2013. From 2007, she also worked as a journalist for the newspapers Corriere di Firenze and Europa.
Bonafé was elected to the Italian parliament in 2013 with the Democratic Party, and in 2014 she was elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the same party collecting over 288,000 preferences. A member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 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 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20161111IPR50906/meps-to-participate-in-cop22-climate-change-conference-in-marrakesh MEPs to participate in COP22 climate change conference in Marrakesh] European Parliament, press release of November 11, 2016.
In addition to her committee assignments, Bonafé was a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China. She also serves as vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation[http://longterminvestment.eu/members Members] European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation. and as member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-racism-diversity.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_13_Integrity_20151112.pdf Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime)] European Parliament. and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/intergroupes/VIII_LEG_04_Childrens_rights.pdf Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights] European Parliament.
Following the resignation of Roberto Gualtieri 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. She was elected back to the Italian parliament in 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2022/09/26/news/eletti_camera_elezioni_2022-367372113/|title=Tutti i deputati eletti al proporzionale|trans-title=All deputies are elected proportionally|lang=it|date=26 September 2022|website=La Repubblica}}
References
External links
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- {{official website|http://www.simonabonafe.eu/}}
- [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124814/SIMONA_BONAFE_home.html European Parliament – Simona Bonafé]
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Category:Politicians from Varese
Category:Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians
Category:Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
Category:Deputies of Legislature XIX of Italy
Category:Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs
Category:MEPs for Italy 2014–2019
Category:MEPs for Italy 2019–2024
Category:21st-century women MEPs for Italy
Category:Italian women journalists