Carmela Auriemma | |
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Member of theChamber of Deputies of Italy | |
Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1981-07-03)July 3, 1981 (age 43) Maddaloni, Italy |
Political party | 5 Star Movement |
Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II |
Profession | lawyer |
Carmela Auriemma (born 3 July 1981) is an Italian lawyer and politician from theFive Star Movement. She has been member of theChamber of Deputies since 13 October 2022.[1]
Auriemma was born on 3 July 1981 inMaddaloni, in theprovince of Caserta. She graduated in law with 110 cum laude at theUniversity of Naples Federico II, with a thesis in civil procedural law, then obtaining a master's degree in environmental law and a specialization course in the protection of rights at theCourt of Justice of the European Union.[2]
Since 2012 she has been working as a lawyer, specializing inEuropean Union law, registered with theNaples Bar Association and owner of a law firm since 2016.[3]
She was a university lecturer atLink Campus University in 2014.[2]
An activist of the5 Star Movement (M5S), in the2017 municipal elections inCampania she was a candidate for mayor ofAcerra for the M5S, obtaining 7.15% of the votes,[4] which did not allow her to become mayor, but she was elected to the municipal council of Acerra, where she is president of the Supervisory Commission.[2]
In the2022 Campania municipal elections, she was confirmed as a municipal councillor for the M5S with 698 preferences, resulting in her being the most voted woman and among the most voted.[2][5]
In the2022 Italian general election, she was a candidate for theChamber of Deputies for the 5 Star Movement, both in the single-member constituency Campania 1 - 05 (Acerra) and in the multi-member constituency Campania 1 - 02 in fourth position,[6][7] being elected deputy in the single-member constituency with 43.69% of the votes and clearly surpassing the candidates of thecenter-left, in the PD-IDP quota,Paolo Siani [it] (23.61%) and of the center-right, in the Lega quota, Maria Concetta Donnarumma (23.56%).[8][9] In theXIX legislature, she was vice-president of the Election Committee of the Chamber and member of the 1st Constitutional Affairs, Presidency of the Council and Internal Affairs Commission, in addition to holding the positions of secretary and delegate of the M5S parliamentary group in the Chamber.[10]