Giorgio Vido (born 1 April 1941 in

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

) is an Italian politician. Elected to the

Italian Chamber of Deputies The Chamber of Deputies () is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament, the upper house being the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform ...

for the

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 ...

, he left the party in 1994. In 2000 he contributed to the foundation of the

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 ...

with Fabio Padovan. After a dismal result in the 2000 regional elections (1.2%) he managed to merge his party with the

Veneti d'Europa Liga Veneta Repubblica (''Łiga Vèneta Republica'', Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetian nationalism, Venetist List of political parties in Veneto, political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly Separatism, separatist posi ...

. The new party was called Liga Fronte Veneto and Giorgio Vido was national secretary from 2001 to 2003.

References

1941 births Living people Politicians from Padua Venetist politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Lega Nord politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians

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