Francesco Calzavara (born 18 September 1964 in

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) is a Venetist politician from

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. A member of

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since 1993,https://classepolitica.consiglioveneto.it/Dettaglio.aspx?idc=378 Calzavara was long active in municipal politics in his hometown,

Jesolo Jesolo or Iesolo (; vec, Gèxoło) is a seaside resort town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy of 26,447 inhabitants. With around six million visitors per year, Jesolo is one of the largest beach resorts in the country, and ...

. Having followed

Renato Martin Renato Martin ( Jesolo, 1963) is an Italian politician. Political career A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and close friend of Jörg Haider, Martin was elected Mayor of Jesolo in 1993 and re-elected in 1997. In 1998, when Liga Veneta split ...

out of Liga Veneta, Calzavara was elected mayor in 2002 by beating in the run-off the centre-right candidate supported also by his former party. After breaking with Martin and returning to the party's fold, Calzavara was re-elected mayor in 2007 by beating Martin. Between 2012 and 2015 Calzavara was the municipal secretary of Liga Veneta in Jesolo. In the 2015 regional election Calzavara was first elected to the

Regional Council of Veneto The Regional Council of Veneto (''Consiglio Regionale del Veneto'') is the regional parliament of Veneto. The Council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal in Venice. was first elected in 1970, when ordinary ...

, where he presided a committee for five years. Re-elected in the 2020 regional election, Calzavara was appointed regional minister of Planning, Budget, Patrimony and Local Government in

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's third government.https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/zaia_nomine_nuova_giunta_regione_veneta_assessori_vicepresidente_chi_sono-5531098.html

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