Laurent Viérin (born 7 August 1975) is an Italian politician who served as

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from 13 October 2017 to 27 June 2018. He is the co-founder of the Progressive Valdostan Union party.

Early life

Viérin was born in

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on 7 August 1975 and resided in Jovençan. He is the son of

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, the former Aosta Valley president.

Politics

He was elected to the Jovençan municipal council in 1995 and to the

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, as a member of the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union, is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members, Renzo Te ...

party. He was reelected in the

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, and

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elections, serving as several different regional ministers. In 2013 he left the Valdostan Union to co-found (with Luciano Caveri and Andrea Rosset) the Progressive Valdostan Union party. He ran for election to the

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in 2013 but lost by less than 200 votes to Rudi Marguerettaz. In October 2017, he was elected president of Aosta Valley after the resignation of Pierluigi Marquis. On 14 December 2019, he resigned from the Regional Council during an investigation of possible ties to the

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Honors

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier ribbon

Chevalier of the

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(2012)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vierin, Laurent 1975 births Living people Presidents of Aosta Valley Valdostan Union politicians People from Aosta Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres