Gennaro Migliore


Gennaro Migliore is an Italian politician.

Biography

Gennaro Migliore was born on 21 June 1968 in Naples, Campania. Since his birth he lives in Casoria. He graduated in Physics in 2012 at the age of 44, with a final score of 110/110 cum laude. He is also registered with the journalists' register.
He has been twice elected to the municipal council of Naples, in the ranks of the Communist Refoundation Party. In 2006 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, and served as the parliamentary group leader of the PRC.
In 2008 he was a candidate for the Chamber on the Rainbow Left list, but was not elected due to the failure to cross the electoral threshold of 4%.
In 2009 Migliore left the PRC, to follow Nichi Vendola in his new party, the Movement for the Left.
In 2013 he returned to the Chamber of Deputies and became the parliamentary group leader of SEL. On 18 June 2014 he resigned as parliamentary group leader, following the controversy born after the decision to vote in favor of the IRPEF Decree about the 80 euros in payroll for the medium-low incomes, proposed by the Renzi Cabinet. On 22 October 2014 he finally joined the Democratic Party. In 2016 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Justice in the Renzi Cabinet, position confirmed also in the next Gentiloni Cabinet.
In 2018 he has been re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies.