What is David Sassoli?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = Official portrait of David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | office = [[President of the European Parliament]] | vicepresident = {{ubl|[[Mairead McGuinness]]|Roberta Metsola}} | term_start = 3 July 2019 | term_end = 11 January 2022 | predecessor = [[Antonio Tajani]] | successor = [[Roberta Metsola]] | parliament1 = European | constituency_MP1 = [[Central Italy (European Parliament constituency)|Central Italy]] | term_start1 = 14 July 2009 | term_end1 = 11 January 2022 | successor1 = [[Camilla Laureti]] | birth_name = David Maria Sassoli | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1956|5|30}} | birth_place = [[Florence]], Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|1|11|1956|5|30}} | death_place = [[Aviano]], Italy | party = [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] | otherparty = [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] | education = | spouse = Alessandra Vittorini | children = 2 | signature = Signature David Sassoli.svg }} '''David Maria Sassoli''' (30 May 1956 &ndash; 11 January 2022) was an [[Italians|Italian]] politician and journalist. He was the [[President of the European Parliament]] from July 2019 until his death in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48851840|title=MEPs choose David-Maria Sassoli as new European Parliament president|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=3 July 2019|access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]. He first became a member of the [[European Parliament]] in July 2009. Before entering politics, he worked for newspaper ''[[Il Giorno (newspaper)|Il Giorno]]'' and as a news reporter for ''[[TG3]]'' and ''[[TG1]]''. Sassoli was born in [[Florence]]. He was married to Alessa