Massimo Calearo Ciman (born 23 November 1955 in

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) 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

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(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

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(ApV) in April 2010, in September Calearo left ApI in order to support

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