Andrea Causin (

Mestre Mestre () is a borough of the comune of Venice on the mainland opposite the historical island city in the region of Veneto, Italy. Administratively, Mestre forms (together with the nearby Carpenedo) the Municipalità di Mestre-Carpenedo, one ...

, 13 September 1972) is an Italian politician from

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

. A long-time member of the

Christian Associations of Italian Workers The Christian Associations of Italian Workers (''Associazioni Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani'', ACLI; alternatively translated as Italian Christian Workers' Association) are a widespread lay Catholic association in Italy. Its work is based on th ...

(ACLI), he was first elected as municipal councillor in

Martellago Martellago is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Venice, in the Italian region of Veneto. It is about northwest of Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Reg ...

in 1994 for the Italian People's Party. Having briefly left politics, he was national secretary of ACLI's youth section and ACLI provincial president of

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

. In

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he was elected to the

Regional Council of Veneto The Regional Council of Veneto () is the parliament, legislative assembly of Veneto, Italy. The council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal (Venice), Grand Canal in Venice. was first elected in 1970, when Re ...

for a civic list in support of

Massimo Carraro Massimo Carraro (born 8 March 1959 in Camposampiero) is an Italian university professor, entrepreneur and politician from Veneto. From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the European Parliament for the social-democratic Democrats of the Left, despi ...

, the centre-left defeated candidate for president, and was re-elected in

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for the Democratic Party (PD). In 2009 Causin was appointed regional deputy-secretary of the PD, but he resigned in 2010 over disagreements with party leadership. In early 2011 he left the PD altogether. Subsequently, he joined

Toward North Toward North (, VN) is a liberal and federalist political association based in Veneto, Italy. The group, which seeks to represent all the North by enlarging itself outside Veneto, is a keen proponent of federalism, fiscal reform, free market, ...

(VN), launched by

Massimo Cacciari Massimo Cacciari (; born 5 June 1944) is an Italian philosopher and politician who served as Mayor of Venice from 1993 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2010. Biography Born in Venice, Cacciari graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua (1967), ...

as an alternative both to the PD and

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta (; ; abbr. LV), whose complete name is (), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and support for fiscal federalism, was established in 1979 under the slogan "farthe ...

–

Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...

. In 2012 Causin was appointed regional coordinator of

Future Italy Future Italy (''Italia Futura'', IF) was an Italian liberal- centrist think tank, formed in 2009 by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, chairman of Alitalia (2014–2017) and former chairman of Ferrari (1991–2014), FIAT (2004–2010) and Confindust ...

(IF), along with Manfredi Ravetto and Jacopo Silva. Through VN and IF, he joined

Civic Choice Civic Choice (; SC) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy founded by Mario Monti. The party was formed in the run-up of the 2013 general election to support the outgoing Prime Minister Monti and continue his political agenda. In t ...

(SC). In the Italian general election Causin was elected to the

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for SC.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Causin, Andrea 1972 births Living people Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Members of the Regional Council of Veneto Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Civic Choice politicians 20th-century Italian politicians