Maria Nocco
Maria Nocco | |
|---|---|
 Nocco in 2022 | |
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
| Constituency | Apulia – U04 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1974 |
| Party | Brothers of Italy (since 2013) |
Vita Maria Nocco (born 12 December 1974) is an Italian politician serving as a member of the Senate since 2022.[1] She has served as deputy leader of Brothers of Italy in the province of Bari since 2024.[2]
Biography
Born in Santeramo in Colle (BA), she obtained a diploma in accounting from the "Nicola Dell'Andro" technical commercial institute in 1993, and graduated in economics and commerce from the University of Bari in 2000.[3]
She initially worked as an employee and later as an administrator in the family's agrifood companies.[3]
Political activity
She began her political activity in the Italian Social Movement, later joining National Alliance led by Gianfranco Fini, The People of Freedom, and finally Brothers of Italy (FdI).
In the 2018 general election, she was a candidate for the Senate, running on the FdI list in the Puglia - 01 multi-member constituency in second place, but was not elected.[4]
In the 2022 snap general election, she was re-nominated for the Senate in the Puglia - 04 single-member constituency (Taranto), supported by the centre-right coalition as a Brothers of Italy candidate. She was elected senator with 42.51% of the vote, defeating Five Star Movement candidate Roberto Fusco (30.03%) and centre-left coalition candidate Maria Grazia Cascarano, running for the Democratic Party (18.96%).[5] During the 19th legislature, she has served on the 5th Budget Committee, the Parliamentary Committee for the Simplification of Legislation, and the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on Working Conditions in Italy, Exploitation and Workplace Safety.[6]
In February 2024, she became deputy provincial coordinator of FdI in Bari.[7]
Personal life
She is married to Michele Laquale, who is also a member of Brothers of Italy and a former regional party official in Apulia.
References
- ↑ "Vita Maria Nocco" (in Italian). Senate of the Republic.
- ↑ "Fdi presenta i nuovi vertici baresi e si prepara alla sfida delle Comunali: "Il candidato del centrodestra? Saremo una squadra"". BariToday (in Italian). 9 February 2024.
- 1 2 "Curriculum vitae" (PDF).
- ↑ "Politiche, Maria Nocco candidata al Senato per Fratelli d'Italia - SanteramoLive.it" (in Italian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ↑ Redazione ManduriaOggi. "POLITICHE 2022 - Senato, collegio uninominale, eletta Vita Maria Nocco (centrodestra) con il 42,5% dei voti". www.manduriaoggi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ↑ "Scheda di attività di Vita Maria NOCCO - XIX Legislatura | Senato della Repubblica". www.senato.it. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ↑ "Fdi presenta i nuovi vertici baresi e si prepara alla sfida delle Comunali: "Il candidato del centrodestra? Saremo una squadra"". BariToday (in Italian). Retrieved 9 April 2024.