Fabio Padovan (born 11 September 1955, in

Conegliano Conegliano (; Venetian language, 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 ...

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

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 ...

–

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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 (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 (, 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 of Liga Veneta–Lega ...

. 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 The Venetian National Party (''Partito Nasionał Veneto'', PNV) was a Venetian nationalism, Venetist, Separatism, separatist and Libertarianism, libertarian List of political parties in Veneto, political party active in Veneto, Lombardy and Friu ...

and, finally,

Veneto State Veneto State (''Veneto Stato'', VS) was a Venetian nationalism, Venetist List of political parties in Veneto, political party active in Veneto and eastern Lombardy. The party's goal to achieve full political separatism, independence for the former ...

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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