Curriculum vitae Nicola PROCACCINI

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1994 : school-leaving certificate from Leonardo da Vinci ‘liceo classico’ (secondary school specialising in classical subjects) in Terracina
• 2002 : law degree from La Sapienza University, Rome, with a thesis on administrative law

Professional career

• 2001-2008 : parliamentary press office of the Chamber of Deputies
• 2005-2007 : foreign policy editorialist at L’Indipendente newspaper; director: Gennaro Malgieri
• 2006 : writer of the foreign affairs programme ‘Ore 18 Mondo’ on RAI 2; presenter for Fiamma Nirenstein
• 2007-2008 : deputy editor-in-chief of the ‘Liberal’ newspaper; directors: Renzo Foa and Ferdinando Adornato

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 1995 : activist in the Youth Front and then member and subsequently national director of Azione Giovani, the youth movement of the National Alliance, the successor to the Youth Front
• 2018 : member of the National Assembly of the Brothers of Italy

Offices held in local government bodies

• 1997-2001 : Member of Terracina Municipal Council
• 2011-2019 : mayor of Terracina

Offices held in a national government

• 2006-2008 : spokesperson of the Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, Giorgia Meloni
• 2008-2011 : spokesperson for the Minister for Youth, Giorgia Meloni, and assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2019-... : Member of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Other activities

• 2001-2018 : author of cultural and political publications in numerous national and international newspapers and magazines: L’Indipendente, Liberal, Il Giornale, Il Tempo, Il Secolo d’Italia, Libero, Ideazione, Area, L’Internazionale. Publication of the book ‘Il crack di Terracina’, published by Innuendo (2018)