Remo Sernagiotto (1 September 1955 – 29 November 2020) was an Italian politician from

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Career

Sernagiotto was born in

Montebelluna Montebelluna is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, Italy, approximately northwest of Venice. It has an estimated population of 31,000. Montebelluna borders the following municipalities: Altivole, Caerano di San Marco, Cornuda, Crocetta del Montello ...

. A long-time

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, he was first elected to the

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in 2000 regional election for

Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

(FI). He was re-elected to the

in 2005 regional election for FI and he became floor leader of his party, often being a vocal critic of President

Giancarlo Galan Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956) is an Italian politician. Career Born in Padua, Galan was an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s. He was not fully active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its ...

(FI). Re-elected for

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(PdL) in 2010 regional election, he was appointed regional minister of Social Affairs in

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. In the

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Sernagiotto was elected

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(MEP) for the newly organised

and subsequently resigned as regional minister. In July 2015 he left FI and the

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, along with fellow MEP

Raffaele Fitto Raffaele Fitto (; born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician who has served as Vice-President of the European Commission, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Cohesion and Refo ...

, in order to join the

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Group (ECRG) under the newly formed Italian Conservatives and Reformists (CR) party. In January 2017 he and Fitto (with other politicians in Italy) formed

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(DI), a new party created by CR with other minor parties.

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* 1955 births 2020 deaths People from Montebelluna Forza Italia politicians MEPs for Italy 2014–2019 Members of the Regional Council of Veneto {{Italy-MEP-stub