Manuela Dal Lago (

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, 10 August 1946) is an Italian politician. She is member of

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. In the late 1970s she started her political career in the

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, reaching the position of youth leader of the party in

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. At that time her followers included

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and Niccolò Ghedini, all leading members of

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in the Region. In the early 1990s she joined Liga Veneta, of which she has been the national president since 2001. In 1997 Dal Lago was elected President of the

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only with the support of her party,Bonet, Marco (2010)
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'', 30 March 2010, retrieved 2011-03-03 while she was re-elected in 2002 with the support of all the centre-right

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coalition. In the 2008 general election she was elected to the

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, where she is currently Vice President of the parliamentary group of Lega Nord.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dal Lago, Manuela 1946 births Living people People from Vicenza Italian Liberal Party politicians Lega Nord politicians Venetist politicians Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Politicians of Veneto 20th-century Italian women politicians 21st-century Italian women politicians Presidents of the Province of Vicenza Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy)