Leonardo Muraro (

Mogliano Veneto Mogliano Veneto ( vec, Mogian ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy, located halfway between Mestre (Venice) and Treviso. Culture Mogliano is well known for the Medieval festival, which takes place in Septe ...

, 8 August 1955) is an Italian Venetist politician. He is a leading member of

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and su ...

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Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

. A long-time member of Liga Veneta, Muraro was appointed Vice President of the

Province of Treviso The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...

by President

Luca Zaia Luca Zaia (born 27 March 1968) is a Venetian and Venetist politician, who has been President of Veneto since 2010. Prior to that, Zaia was President of the Province of Treviso from 1998 to 2005, Vice President of Veneto from 2005 to 2008 and M ...

, who led a monocolor government, in 2002. Three years later, when Zaia was elevated to Vice President of Veneto, Muraro became acting President of the Province. On 29 May 2006 he was elected President on a special election with the 57.3% of the vote. On 16 May 2011 Muraro was easily re-elected for another five-year term with 57.5% of the vote.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muraro, Leonardo 1955 births Living people Politicians of Veneto Venetist politicians People from Mogliano Veneto Presidents of the Province of Treviso Lega Nord politicians 21st-century Italian politicians