Caterina Chinnici

Caterina Chinnici (born 5 November 1954) is an Italian magistrate and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

In 2022, she was the centre-left coalition candidate to the Sicilian regional election, placing in third.

Early life and career Born in Palermo, Chinnici is the daughter of the judge Rocco Chinnici, killed by the Sicilian Mafia in 1983.

In June 2009, the president of Sicily Raffaele Lombardo appointed her regional councillor for family and local governments, and then regional councillor for the civil service until July 2012. She has since been a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. In addition, she has been serving as vice-chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control since 2019. She was a member of the Special Committee on Terrorism between 2017 and 2018.

In addition to her committee assignments, Chinnici serves as co-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.

Other activities In 2014, Chinnici released the autobiographical book È così lieve il tuo bacio sulla fronte.