Marco Rizzo
Marco Rizzo (born October 12, 1959 in Turin ) is an Italian communist politician. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 . He has been General Secretary of the Partito Comunista since 2009 .
Life and politics
The son of a Fiat worker completed a technical college course to become a qualified foreman in industrial electronics. In the 1970s he was involved in the student movement and in the left-wing radical group Lotta Continua . He completed his political science studies at the University of Turin (as a working student at Fiat) in 1988 and has worked as a journalist and publicist ever since.
From 1981 to 1991 he was a member of the Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI), of which he was a member of the Turin provincial government from 1986 to 1991 . He then was a member of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC) until 1998 , which he represented in the Council of the Province of Turin from 1991–95. From 1994 to 2004 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies . When the PRC withdrew its support from the Prodi government in 1998 , Rizzo moved with a group of MPs to the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI), which continued to support the center-left government and of which he was a member until 2009. For the PdCI he was a member of the European Parliament in the 6th electoral term . During this time he and his party were part of the Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left . From July 22, 2004 to July 13, 2009, he was Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection for his group . In addition, from September 21, 2004 to March 13, 2007, he was Deputy Chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America .
On July 3, 2009, Rizzo announced the establishment of a movement called Comunisti Sinistra Popolare ("Communists - Popular Left"), which represented the ideas and principles of Marxism-Leninism . This movement became the Comunisti Sinistra Popolare - Partito Comunista in 2012 and finally the Partito Comunista in 2014 , of which Rizzo was or is General Secretary.
Web links
- Entry on Marco Rizzo in the database of Members of the European Parliament
- Corriere della Sera of July 3, 2009 (Italian) (accessed August 3, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rizzo, Marco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |