Stefano Valdegamberi (born 6 May 1970 in Tregnago) is an Italian politician from Veneto.

Political career

A member of

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(DC) since the late 1980s, Valdegamberi joined the

Christian Democratic Centre The Christian Democratic Centre ( it, Centro Cristiano Democratico, CCD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy from 1994 to 2002. Formed from a right-wing split from Christian Democracy, the party joined the centre-right coalition, a ...

(CCD) in 1994, after DC's disbanding. He was twice elected mayor of Badia Calavena. He was first elected to the

Regional Council of Veneto The Regional Council of Veneto (''Consiglio Regionale del Veneto'') is the regional parliament of Veneto. The Council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal in Venice. was first elected in 1970, when ordinary ...

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for the

Union of Christian and Centre Democrats The Union of the Centre ( it, Unione di Centro, UdC), whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats" (''Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro'', UDC), is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Loren ...

(UDC) and was regional minister of Local and Social Affairs in

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(2005–2010). Re-elected in

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, he was appointed floor leader of the re-branded Union of the Centre (UdC). On 2 April 2013 Valdegamberi introduced a bill in order to call a referendum on Veneto's independence by the end of the year. A month later, he left the UDC over disagreements with the party's leadership and formed a Christian-democratic regional party, Popular Future (''Futuro Popolare''), along with other two regional councillors (

Raffaele Grazia Raffaele Grazia (born 23 October 1966 in Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of Christian Democracy, in 1994 he joined the United Christian Democrats. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Forza Ital ...

and Gustavo Franchetto). The new party was joined also by

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, who had been a deputy of the

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(PD) until February 2013. On 12 June 2014 the Regional Council passed Valdegamberi's bill, but the referendum was later ruled out by the

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as contrary to the

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. In the 2015 regional election Valdegamberi stood as a candidate in

Luca Zaia Luca Zaia (born 27 March 1968) is a Venetian and Venetist politician, who has been President of Veneto since 2010. Prior to that, Zaia was President of the Province of Treviso from 1998 to 2005, Vice President of Veneto from 2005 to 2008 and ...

's personal list and was re-elected handily in the provincial constituency of

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

. In the 2020 regional election Valdegamberi, then a full-fledged member of Zaia's

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and s ...

party, was re-elected from Zaia's personal list from the province of Verona. Valdegamberi routinely presents pro-Russian views and received funding from Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.

References

1970 births Living people People from the Province of Verona Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Christian Democratic Centre politicians Union of the Centre (2002) politicians Venetist politicians Members of the Regional Council of Veneto {{Italy-politician-stub