Massimiliano Smeriglio (born 8 May 1966 in Rome) is an Italian politician, writer, University professor, and a Member of the European Parliament. In 2006 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the PRC list. He was re-elected in 2013, among the ranks of SEL, but he gave up the seat in the Chamber of Deputies to serve as Vice-president of the Lazio region in the government led by Nicola Zingaretti. European Parliament In the 2019 European Parliament election Smeriglio was elected as a Member of the European Parliament on the Democratic Party list, as a member of Futura political association headed by Laura Boldrini. He has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education and on the Committee on Petitions. Smeriglio voted against the European Parliament resolution of 23 November 2022 on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. References Living people 1966 births MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 Democratic Party (Italy) MEPs Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Left Ecology Freedom politicians Communist Refoundation Party politicians Politicians from Rome