1. Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola was born on 22 December 1973 and is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party.
10 Facts About Vincenzo Amendola
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On 5 September 2019, Amendola was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet.
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In 2006, Vincenzo Amendola was appointed in the national secretariat of the Democrats of the Left, and in November 2006, he was elected regional secretary of DS for Campania.
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Together with the majority of DS members, in 2007 Vincenzo Amendola joined the Democratic Party, the new centre-left party, born from the union between DS and The Daisy.
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In December 2013, Matteo Renzi became the new party's leader and Vincenzo Amendola was not confirmed in the secretariat; however, after only few months, many members of Renzi's board was appointed ministers in his newly formed government, thus Vincenzo Amendola was re-appointed in the secretariat as responsible for Foreign and European Affairs in September 2014.
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Vincenzo Amendola was responsible for relations with the Party of European Socialists.
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On 29 January 2016, Vincenzo Amendola was appointed undersecretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Renzi's cabinet, a position that he held until 1 June 2018, serving under the premiership of Paolo Gentiloni too.
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The 2018 general election resulted in a historic defeat for the PD and Vincenzo Amendola, who ran for the Senate of the Republic, did not succeed in being elected.
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From 17 to 21 July 2020, Vincenzo Amendola took part, along with Prime Minister Conte, in one of the longest European Councils in history.
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On 24 June 2013, Vincenzo Amendola married Karima Moual, an Italian journalist with Moroccan ancestry, with whom he has two children.