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. Early life and career. Born in Palermo, Chinnici is the daughter of the judge Rocco Chinnici, killed by Mafia in 1983. Graduated in law at 21 years old, she was Prosecutor General of the Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta, and Public Prosecutor at the juvenile court in Caltanissetta and later in Palermo. 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. Member of the European Parliament. In the 2014 European elections, Chinnici became a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Democratic Party. 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 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".