Franco Roccon (born 21 January 1960 in

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) is a Venetist politician. Having joined

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–

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in the early 1990s, Roccon was elected to the

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at the 1995 regional election. In October 1998 Roccon left Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and was a founding member of

Liga Veneta Repubblica Liga Veneta Repubblica (''Łiga Vèneta Republica'', Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetist political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly separatist position and campaigns for the self-government of Veneto. The party's fo ...

(LVR), along with

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and other four regional councillors. In the 2000 regional election LVR failed to field a list in the

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and, thus, Roccon was not re-elected. In May 2003 Roccon was elected mayor of Castellavazzo (Belluno) with 51.4% of the vote. In April 2008 he was re-elected by a landslide with 62.7% of the vote. Having joined

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, he served as president of the provincial public utility until November 2011. During his tenure as president of BIM–GPS he was often criticized by his former colleagues of the League, especially by Gianpaolo Bottacin, president of the Province. In late 2012 Roccon took part to some events organized by

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. On 5 April 2013, under Roccon's leadership, Castellavazzo was the first municipality of Veneto to approve a motion in support of a referendum on the independence of Veneto. Since 2015 Roccon was involved with the LVR in

Independence We Veneto Independence We Veneto (, INV) was a Venetist and separatist political party based in Veneto, Italy. INV, which was represented in the Regional Council of Veneto by Antonio Guadagnini from June 2015 to March 2016, is part of the larger coalitio ...

, running in the 2015 regional election (4.3% in the

) and for mayor of

in 2017 (3.4%). In March 2019 Roccon represented the LVR at the

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's general assembly, during which a motion on Venetian autonomy was approved. In the

2020 Venetian regional election The 2020 Venetian regional election took place in Veneto on 20 and 21 September 2020. Originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and was part of a round of multiple regional electi ...

Roccon was an unsuccessful candidate for the Venetian Autonomy List, sponsored by both the LV and the LVR.

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