Maurizio Conte (born 22 September 1964 in

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) is a Venetist politician from

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. A member of Liga Veneta–

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since 1993, Conte was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in

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. From 2001 to 2010 Conte was also secretary of the party for the Province of Padua. Re-elected for a third term to the Council in

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, he was appointed regional minister of Environment in

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. In 2015 Conte left Liga Veneta in order to join the

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and, in the following regional election, was re-elected to the Regional Council for the new party.

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