Stefano Valdegamberi (born 6 May 1970 in

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) is a Venetist politician from

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, and former mayor of

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Political career

A member of

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

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(CCD) in 1994, after DC's disbanding. He was twice elected mayor of

. He was first elected to the

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for the

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

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's third government (2005–2010). Re-elected in

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, he was appointed floor leader of the re-branded Union of the Centre (UdC). In 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", along with other two regional councillors ( Raffaele Grazia from the UdC and Gustavo Franchetto from

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). The new party was joined also by

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, who had been a deputy of the Democratic Party until February 2013. In 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

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

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

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party, was re-elected from Zaia's personal list from the province of Verona. Valdegamberi is a traditional conservative and has been a founding member of the

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caucus within the Regional Council in July 2023. He routinely presents pro-Russian views and according to an investigative article he may have received funding from Russia's International Agency for Current Policy. As of November 2023, Valdegamberi is no longer a member of Liga Veneta.

Publications

*''Le origini del linguaggio di'' *''De decimis novalibus.La colonizzazione teutonica dell'Alta Longazeria e la questione delle decime sui novali nell'abbazia di Calavena'' *''Alle origini degli antichi comuni di Saline, Tavernole e Corno''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdegamberi, Stefano 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