Lia Quartapelle (born 15 August 1982) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD).
Quartapelle graduated as an economics major from the University of Pavia and in 2007, she worked for a year as an economist with the Italian Development Cooperation in Mozambique, supporting the Mozambican government under Prime Minister Luísa Diogo in setting their development policies.
[2] In addition to her committee assignments, Quartapelle has been a member of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2015.
[3] In January 2016, Quartapelle was among a group of MPs who collected 118 signatures for a petition nominating the Afghan Cycling Federation women's team for the Nobel Peace Prize.
[5] In a joint letter initiated by Norbert Röttgen and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Quartapelle joined some 70 legislators from Europe and the US in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including artificial intelligence and 5G.