Vincenzo Aita is an Italian

Italy

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 politician and a member of the European Parliament

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 with the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left

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. He sits on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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 and is a substitute on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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From 1972 to 1976, Aita was a member of the Salerno Provincial Committee of the Alleanza Contadini Party. From 1976 to 1980 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party, and he was a member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party from 1975 to 1983. From 1983 to 1996, he was a municipal councillor for Eboli. He was a Deputy Major of Eboli with responsibility for finance from 1987 to 1988. From 1980 to 1985, he was a member of the Campania Regional Council. Most recently, from June 2000 until September 2004, he was a member of the Campania Regional Executive with responsibility for agriculture.

External links

• European Parliament biography of Vincenzo Aita (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)