Fabio Padovan (born 11 September 1955, in

Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle a ...

) is an Italian entrepreneur and politician. In the early 1990s Padovan joined

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–

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and was elected to the

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in the 1992 general election. In early 1994, when Lega Nord entered in alliance with

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, he left in protest the party. Some months later, Padovan founded, along with other Venetist entrepreneurs, the

European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs The European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs – Entrepreneurs' Trade Union (''Liberi Imprenditori Federalisti Europei – Sindacato Imprenditori'', LIFE) is an association of entrepreneurs based in Veneto, one of the regions of Italy. The LIFE ai ...

(LIFE), an organization defending the little and medium-sized industries in Veneto. In 2000 Padovan launched a new Venetist and independentist party called

Fronte Marco Polo The Marco Polo Front ( it, Fronte Marco Polo, FMP) was an autonomist and Venetist political party active in Veneto, named after explorer Marco Polo. Fabio Padovan, leader of the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE) and former deputy ...

. In the 2000 regional election the party gained 1.2% in Veneto and no seats. Since then, Padovan was briefly a member of Liga Fronte Veneto and, then, became very close to the Venetian National Party and, finally, Veneto State.http://venetostato.info/?p=255

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padovan, Fabio 1955 births Living people People from Conegliano Lega Nord politicians Venetist politicians Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Politicians of Veneto Venetian independence activists