Laurent Viérin (born 7 August 1975) is an Italian politician who served as

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from 13 October 2017 to 27 June 2018. He is the co-founder of the Progressive Valdostan Union party.

Early life

Viérin was born in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

on 7 August 1975 and resided in

Jovençan Jovençan ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the m ...

. He is the son of

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, the former Aosta Valley president.

Politics

He was elected to the Jovençan municipal council in 1995 and to the

Regional Council of Aosta Valley The Regional Council of Aosta Valley ( it, Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta; french: Conseil de la Vallée) is the legislative assembly of the autonomous region of Aosta Valley. The assembly was founded on 29 December 1945 and its first ...

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, as a member of the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (french: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the Arpitan-speaking minority in the region. Former leade ...

party. He was reelected in the

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, and

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elections, serving as several different regional ministers. In 2013 he left the Valdostan Union to co-found (with

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and

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) the Progressive Valdostan Union party. He ran for election to the

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in 2013 but lost by less than 200 votes to

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. In October 2017, he was elected president of Aosta Valley after the resignation of

Pierluigi Marquis Pierluigi Marquis (born 30 May 1964) is an Italian politician, and the President of Aosta Valley since 10 March until 11 October 2017. References 1964 births Living people Presidents of Aosta Valley Politicians of Aosta Valley {{ ...

. On 14 December 2019, he resigned from the Regional Council during an investigation of possible ties to the

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Honors

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier ribbon

Chevalier of the

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(2012)

References

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