Renzo Marangon (born 29 July 1955 in

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) is an Italian politician from

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. A member of

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since 1974, he entered the

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in 1993, in replacement of Giulio Veronese. In 1993 he was also briefly Mayor of

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. In 1994 he joined the

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and was elected to the Council the year later. Re-elected in 2000 for

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(party which he had joined in 1998), he was floor leader of the party for five years. From 2005 to 2010 he was regional minister of Territorial Affairs in Galan III Government. In 2010, having joined

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, he was not re-elected to Regional Council, but re-entered the Council in 2014 by replacing his rival Maria Luisa Coppola.

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Forza Italia politicians Living people 1955 births Members of the Regional Council of Veneto Mayors of Rovigo {{Veneto-politician-stub