Marco Rizzo

Marco Rizzo (born 12 October 1959 in Turin) is an Italian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for the North-West with the Party of Italian Communists, Member of the Bureau of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Marco Rizzo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1994–2004
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2004–2009
Personal details
Born (1959-10-12) 12 October 1959
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Communist Party (until 1991)
Communist Refoundation Party (1991–1998)
Party of Italian Communists (1998–2009)
Communist Party (since 2009)
ProfessionPolitician

He is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.

Biography

A graduate in political science in 1985, he was a lecturer in vocational guidance (1985–1994).

From 1986–1991, he was a member of the Turin Province party executive of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), and joined the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) in 1991, serving as its representative to the Council of the Turin Province until 1995. Between 1994 and 2004, he served in the Chamber of Deputies of Italy. In 1995–1998, he was coordinator of the National Secretariat of the PRC, then left to become a founding member and Italian Parliament group-leader of the Party of Italian Communists (until 2004).

In July 2009, after his expulsion from the Party of Italian Communists (having supported the IdV's candidate Gianni Vattimo in the 2009 European election), he founded a new party called Communists – Popular Left (then renamed Communist Party).[1][2]

Rizzo identifies himself as an atheist.[3]

See also

References
  1. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/luglio/03/Marco_Rizzo_fonda_suo_partito_co_9_090703018.shtml
  2. http://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/282964/marco-rizzo-presenta-il-movimento-politico-comunisti-sinistra-popolare
  3. Official Facebook page.


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