David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, Dies at 65
Posted on 01/12/2022
David Maria Sassoli was an Italian politician and journalist who served as the president of the European Parliament from July 3, 2019 until his death at the age of 65 in January 11, 2022 at the Oncology Referral Center in Aviano. The Italian former journalist and center-left politician had been seriously ill for more than two weeks. Sassoli was admitted to hospital in Italy in December 2021 due to a serious complication with his immune system. Sassoli suffered a severe case of pneumonia in September 2021 during a plenary session of the Parliament and had to be hospitalized.
Sassoli was born on May 30, 1956, in Florence, Italy. After an unsuccessful bid to become mayor of Rome, Sassoli was elected to the European Parliament. Sassoli was first elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2009. On July 2, 2019, he was proposed by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats as the new president of the European Parliament.
