Patrizia Toia

Patrizia Toia was born in Pogliano Milanese (Milano); Graduated in Political Sciences at Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, she took her Master Degree in Strategic Planning at Bocconi University. She was a manager Planning Office in the regional government of Lombardia. She was member of the Regional Council of Lombardia, where she was appointed in several committees: she has been Councillor of the Coordination and social Services, Councillor of Health, Councillor of Budget. Then she was elected at the Chamber of Deputies and to the Senate of the Republic, as a representative of the Ulivo. She was appointed to several institutional offices: Undersecretary of the Ministers for foreign affaires with a proxy for Relationships with the UN, and Cultural Relationships abroad, for Latin America, Asia and Oceania, for Immigration and Italians abroad. She was nominated Minister of the European Community Issues and then for the Relationship with the Parliament.

Since 2004 she is Member of the European Parliament elected with Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition and she is member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (S&D). She is Vice-chairwoman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and substitute Member of the Committee on Development.