Judith Sargentini (1974, Amsterdam) is a Member of the European Parliament for GroenLinks, the Dutch Greens. She is a member of the committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and substitute member of the Committee on Development. She is the Vice-Chair of the delegation for relations with South Africa.

Sargentini was 25 years old when she became Councillor in the municipality of Amsterdam. Before, she was active in the student movement as a board member for the European Federation of Student Unions (ESIB), in which she has, among other things, helped Eastern-European student organisations with their fight for democracy. In the Netherlands she was the secretary of the National Student Union (LSVB) and board member of Dwars, the youth organisation of GroenLinks.

Besides her political activities, Sargentini worked for several NGO´s in the field of development aid. She was consultant for Eurostep, the network of European non-governmental development organisations. For many years she worked as lobbyist for the Netherlands institute for Southern Africa. Sargentini was also international campaign coordinator of Fatal Transactions, a public campaign on conflict diamonds and the economics of warfare.

Sargentini would like Europe to act more responsible towards the rest of the world. She says that climate change affects people in developing countries the most. Therefore, the EU should offer solutions to poverty, the food crisis and migration issues by choosing for a sustainable economy.

Sargentini studied modern history at the University of Amsterdam and lives in Amsterdam.