Massimo Calearo Ciman (born 23 November 1955 in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; or , archaically ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione, River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and e ...

) is an Italian entrepreneur and former politician from

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. Chairman of Calearo Antenne spa, the family company producing antennas. Before entering politics he held several leadership roles within ''

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'', at local and national level. Despite being a liberal-conservative, at the 2008 general election Calearo headed the list of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and was elected to the

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. However he soon found that the party was too left-wing for him and in November 2009 took part to the foundation of

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(ApI) with

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. After having launched Alliance for Veneto (ApV) in April 2010, in September Calearo left ApI in order to support

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Politicians of Veneto 1955 births Living people People from Vicenza Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) {{Italy-politician-DemocraticPartyItaly-stub