Rosa Menga

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Rosa Menga (born 7 August 1992) is an Italian doctor and politician. She was elected as a member of the Five Star Movement and sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 2018 until 2022.

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Menga was born in Foggia and trained as a doctor. In 2017, she was a contestant on the game show Chain Reaction, and won over 100,000 euros. [1] She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 general election.

She was expelled from her party on 19 February 2021 for not voting in confidence in the Draghi Cabinet. [2] In March 2022, she joined the Green Europe party. [3] She did not run in the 2022 Italian general election.

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References

  1. "'Gli Sfoggiati' campioni per 15 serate di 'Reazione a catena': successo del trio foggiano nel programma della Rai". Foggia Città Aperta (in Italian). 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. "La deputata di Foggia Rosa Menga espulsa dal M5S per un "fallo" di 60 secondi". www.ilmattinodifoggia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  3. "La deputata foggiana Rosa Menga ha scelto il suo nuovo partito: l'Ex Cinquestelle passa a Europa Verde".