Sandra Zampa

Sandra Zampa
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyEmilia Romagna
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
29 April 2008 – 22 March 2018
ConstituencyEmilia Romagna
Personal details
Born (1956-05-16) 16 May 1956
PartyDemocratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
ProfessionJournalist

Sandra Zampa (born 16 May 1956) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2022.

Zampa previously sat in the Chamber of Deputies.[1] She served as Undersecretary at the Ministry of Health from September 2019 to February 2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the Conte II cabinet.

Political career

In parliament, Zampa was part of a cross-party committee on child protection.[2]

Zampa has been responsible for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. She announced the purchase of many new ventilators as well as the importing of one and a half million masks from South Africa.[3]

In addition to her role in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, Zampa has served as a member of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2015 to 2018 and again since 2023. In this capacity, she has been a member of the Assembly's Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sandra Zampa / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ Tom Esslemont (1 June 2015), Exclusive: Migrant children fleeing poverty face labor, sex exploitation in Italy Reuters.
  3. ^ Sandra Zampa: "È arrivata una partita di un milione e mezzo di mascherine dal Sud Africa" (in Italian), retrieved 17 March 2020
  4. ^ Sandra Zampa Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  • Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian): XVI, XVII, XIX legislature