Bruno Gencarelli nominated by EU Parliament for role of European Data Protection Supervisor

Brussels – Bruno Gencarelli has been chosen by the Committee on Civil Liberties of the European Parliament for the role of European Data Protection Supervisor. The Italian, at the end of secret ballot voting, obtained 32 votes, two more than French candidate François Pellegrini. A graduate of SciencePo, a longtime European civil servant, Gencarelli was responsible for the European Commission’s work in the area of personal data protection during the decisive stages of the legislative reform of the Privacy Protection Act, leading the Commission’s delegation in the inter-institutional negotiations with the European Parliament and the Council on data protection reform (GDPR and the “Law Enforcement Directive”).

Now the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders) will have to confirm the nomination; then, Parliament and EU Council will jointly appoint the new European Data Protection Supervisor for a five-year term.