Pietro Fontanini

Pietro Fontanini (born 23 September 1952) is an Italian politician from the Lega Nord, former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Pietro Fontanini
Mayor of Udine
In office
14 May 2018  18 April 2023
Preceded byFurio Honsell
Succeeded byAlberto Felice De Toni
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office
3 August 1993  11 January 1994
Preceded byVinicio Turello
Succeeded byRenzo Travanut
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
9 May 1996  27 April 2006
Member of the Senate
In office
15 April 1994  9 May 1996
Personal details
Born (1952-09-23) 23 September 1952
Udine, Italy
Political partyLega Nord
Alma materUniversity of Trieste
OccupationTeacher, politician

Biography

Graduated in Sociology, Fontanini joined the Lega Nord after having spent a few years in the Italian Communist Party in Friuli. Once elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Fontanini is appointed President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for the first five months of the legislature.[1]

He left his seat in the regional council in order to run for the Senate at the 1994 general election, resulting in his election.[2] He is later elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1996[3] and the 2001 general election.

In 1995, Fontanini is elected Mayor of Campoformido, in the province of Udine, and held the seat for two consecutive terms until 2004.[1]

In 2008, he is elected President of the province of Udine,[4] being later re-elected in 2013.[5] He left the office a few months before the end of his second term in order to run for the office of Mayor of Udine at the 2018 local election:[6] Fontanini is elected at the runoff.[7]

References

  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XII, XIII, XIV, legislature
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