Massimiliano Smeriglio

Massimiliano Smeriglio (born 8 May 1966 in Rome) is an Italian politician, writer, university professor, and member of the European Parliament.

Massimiliano Smeriglio MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Constituency	Central Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
In office 15 March 2013 – 16 April 2013
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-08) 8 May 1966 (age 59) Rome, Italy
Political party	PRC (until 2009) SEL (2009–2016) CP (2017) PD (2018–2024) AVS (2024)
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Occupation	University professor, writer, politician

In 2006, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Communist Refoundation Party list. He was re-elected in 2013, among the ranks of SEL, but he gave up the seat in the Chamber of Deputies to serve as Vice-president of the Lazio region in the government led by Nicola Zingaretti.

European Parliament

In the 2019 European Parliament election in Italy, Smeriglio was elected as a Member of the European Parliament on the Democratic Party list,^[1][2][3] as a member of Futura political association headed by Laura Boldrini. He has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education and on the Committee on Petitions.

Smeriglio voted against the European Parliament resolution of 23 November 2022 on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.^[4][5]

Smeriglio ran again as a MEP in the 2024 European elections on the AVS list without being elected.