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 politician and economist. She has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. As of 2019 she chairs the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Early life and education

Tinagli earned a Master's degree in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002 with the support of a Fulbright grant.

Career

Tinagli worked as a consultant for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, where she contributed to the book Understanding Knowledge Societies, published in 2005 by the United Nations.

In 2009, Tinagli began teaching Management and Organizations at Charles III University of Madrid.

Member of the Italian Parliament, 2013–2018

Tinagli was elected to the Italian Parliament in 2013 as a member of Civic Choice. In February 2015, she joined the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party. On 17 March 2021, she was appointed deputy secretary of the Democratic Party by the party's national secretary, Enrico Letta.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In the 2019 European election, Tinagli was elected as an MEP with 106,710 running as a candidate for the Democratic Party. Initially aiming to work on the Committee on International Trade, she was subsequently elected as chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on 5 September 2019, succeeding Roberto Gualtieri after his appointment as finance minister.

Board positions

• Friends of Europe, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)
• Florence School of Banking and Finance, Advisory Council
• Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania, Advisory Board

Recognition

In March 2010, Tinagli was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her "professional skills, commitment to society, and a potential contribution to shaping the future of the world". In 2024, she received 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.