Irene Tinagli

Irene Tinagli (born 16 April 1974) is an Italian Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

She serves as chairperson of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

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.

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".

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.

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.