Marco Formentini (14 April 1930 – 2 January 2021) was an Italian politician from the Northern League, then for the Democrats and finally for

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. During his youth he was member of the

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. After being a member first of the

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(1992–1993), and then the

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(1994–2004), he was

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from 1993 to 1997. Elected for the second time to the European Parliament in 1999, he switched to

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's Democrats soon after the election.

Electoral history

References

1930 births 2021 deaths Mayors of Milan Lega Nord MEPs Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy MEPs MEPs for Italy 1999–2004 MEPs for Italy 1994–1999 {{Italy-MEP-stub