Renzo Tondo (born 7 August 1956) is an Italian politician, former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Early life

He graduated in Political Sciences at the

University of Trieste The University of Trieste (, or UniTS, Formerly Regia Università degli Studi or The Royal University of Studies) is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 ...

. He began his career as a hotel keeper.

Career

First political experiences

Tondo moved into politics with the

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, with whom he was elected mayor of his hometown

Tolmezzo Tolmezzo (; ; archaic or ) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. Geography Tolmezzo is located at the foot o ...

from 1990 to 1995.

First gubernatorial term

In 1998, Tondo became Regional Councilor with

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. In 2001 he was appointed President of the Regional Council of

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

. In 2006, Tondo was elected to the

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Second gubernatorial term

In 2008, Tondo was re-elected President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, supported by the

centre-right coalition The centre-right coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed the party. It has mostly competed with the centre-left c ...

, defeating the incumbent governor

Riccardo Illy Riccardo Illy (born 24 September 1955) is an Italian businessman and former politician. Biography Riccardo Illy was born in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. His paternal grandfather, Francesco Illy, was of Hungarian origin. He's Waldensian. ...

, who was supported by the Democratic Party. Five years later, in 2013, Tondo was defeated by

centre-left Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. Ideologies commonly associated with it include social democracy, social liberalism, progressivism, and green politics. Ideas commo ...

candidate

Debora Serracchiani Debora Serracchiani (born 10 November 1970) is an Italian politician. Born in Rome, she is a member of Democratic Party, and was president of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2016, she proposed and got the approval of a regional ...

Responsible Autonomy

In 2015 founded

Responsible Autonomy Responsible Autonomy (, AR) is a centrist to centre-right political party active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The party was launched as a "civic list" in support of Renzo Tondo, incumbent President of The People of Freedom in the 2013 r ...

, which later became part of

Us with Italy Us with Italy (, NcI) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative and Christian democracy, Christian-democratic political party in Italy. NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and, as such, was part of the Centre-right ...

. In 2018, Tondo was re-elected to the

centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...

candidate in a single-seat constituency. On 16 March 2018, Tondo was initially chosen by the centre-right coalition as candidate for president of FVG, but five days later

Massimiliano Fedriga Massimiliano Fedriga (born 2 July 1980) is an Italian Northern League politician. He is the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region. Biography Born in Verona on 2 July 1980 and raised in Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city a ...

from the Northern League became the official candidate, and was later elected president.

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. 1956 births Living people Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians 20th-century Italian politicians University of Trieste alumni Deputies of Legislature XVIII of Italy {{Italy-politician-ThePeopleofFreedom-stub