Pasquale Tridico

Pasquale Tridico MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
President of the National Institute for Social Security
In office 14 March 2019 – 23 May 2023
Preceded by	Tito Boeri
Succeeded by	Micaela Gelera
Personal details
Born	21 September 1975 (1975-09-21) (age 49) Scala Coeli, Italy
Political party	Five Star Movement
Other political affiliations	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome

Pasquale Tridico (born 21 September 1975) is an Italian economist and politician of the Five Star Movement (M5S). He was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.^[1] He served as president of the National Institute for Social Security from 2019 to 2023.^[2]

Career

Born in Calabria, he moved to Rome to pursue his graduate studies. He graduated in Economics at Università di Roma La Sapienza in 2000 and obtained his PhD at Roma Tre University in 2004. Tridico is a professor at the Roma Tre University department of economics, and has served as secretary-general of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy since 2012.^[3] Ahead of the 2018 general election, he was M5S leader Luigi Di Maio's candidate for minister of labour.^[4] He was instead appointed president of the National Institute for Social Security, serving from 2019 to 2023.^[2] For the 2024 European Parliament election, Tridico was selected as the lead candidate of M5S in Southern Italy.^[5]

References

1. "Uno scalese a Bruxelles: Pasquale Tridico eletto al Parlamento Europeo". Cariatinet.it. June 10, 2024.
2. "Inps, Tridico a fine mandato: "Governance non cambierà"". Il Sole 24 Ore. May 24, 2023.
3. "Team". Roma Tre University.
4. "Presidenza Inps: chi è Tridico, il prof M5S anti-austerity". Il Sole 24 Ore. February 20, 2019.
5. "Tridico: "Mi candido capolista al Sud per i 5Stelle. L'alternativa alla destra si costruisce con il Pd"". la Repubblica. February 7, 2024.