Nicola Zingaretti (Italian pronunciation: [ni'k??la ddzi?ga'retti]; born 11 October 1965) is an Italian politician who has served as President of Lazio since 2013 and Secretary of the Democratic Party since 2019.During the 1990s, he was a prominent European youth leader, serving as National Secretary of the Left Youth, the youth-wing of the Democratic Party of the Left and as President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.
In 2004, Zingaretti became a Member of the European Parliament for the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree.
From 2008 to 2013, he served as President of the Province of Rome.Zingaretti is considered a social democrat and one of the most prominent members of the party's left-wing.
Moreover, he is the first President of Lazio to be re-elected after a first five-year term.