Fabio Gava (born 26 October 1949 in Godega di Sant'Urbano) is an Italian politician from

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. A member of the

Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party ( it, Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI) was a liberal and conservative political party in Italy. The PLI, which is the heir of the liberal currents of both the Historical Right and the Historical Left, was a minor part ...

(PLI) since 1967, he joined Forza Italia (FI) in 1993 following his long-time friend

Giancarlo Galan Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua) is an Italian politician. Political career After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia sin ...

. 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 ordinar ...

in 1995, he was floor leader of Forza Italia and regional minister of Budget in Galan I Government. Between 2000 and 2005 he was Vice President of Veneto and regional minister of Health in

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. From 2005 through 2008 he was regional minister of Economics in Galan III Government. At the 2008 general election Gava was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

(PdL), the successor of FI. On 14 October 2011 Gava voted against

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...

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during a vote of confidence and ''de facto'' suspended himself from the PdL. He officially left the party in May 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gava, Fabio 1949 births Living people People from the Province of Treviso Italian Liberal Party politicians Forza Italia politicians The People of Freedom politicians Italian Liberal Party (1997) politicians Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy Members of the Regional Council of Veneto