Andrea Cozzolino

Andrea Cozzolino MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2009
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-03) 3 August 1962 (age 62) Naples, Italy
Political party	PD (since 2007)
Other political affiliations	PCI (till 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007) S&D (since 2009) PES (since 2014)
Spouse	Anna Normale
Children	3

Andrea Cozzolino (born 3 August 1962) is an Italian politician who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. Cozzolino began his political career in the 1970s with the Italian Communist Youth Federation (FGCI). He then joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and its legal successor parties, including the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the Democrats of the Left (DS), and the Democratic Party (PD). From 2005 to 2009, he was Assessor for Agriculture and Productive Activities in the Campania region.

Cozzolini was re-elected as MEP in 2014 and 2019. In the European Parliament, Cozzolino served on the Committee on Regional Development since 2014. In 2019, he also joined the Subcommittee on Human Rights. Previously, Cozzolino had been a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control (2009–2012), the Committee on Budgets (2009–2013), and the Committee on Petitions (2014–2019). In addition to his committee assignments, Cozzolino was part of the European Parliament's delegations for relations with the Mashriq countries (2014–2019), the Maghreb countries, and the Arab Maghreb Union (2019–2023).