New Centre-Right Autonomous Veneto (''Nuovo Centrodestra Veneto Autonomo'', NCD–VA) was the regional section in

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

of the

New Centre-Right New Centre-Right ( it, Nuovo Centrodestra, NCD) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The party was launched on 15 November 2013 by a group of dissidents of The People of Freedom (PdL) who opposed the party's transformation into Forza Ita ...

, a

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political party in Italy This article contains a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861. Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy, and since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern ...

. The party, founded in November 2013, took the new denomination in Veneto in September 2014. In 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 ordinary ...

's ninth term, the NCD–VA's group was composed of seven regional councillors, notably including

Marino Zorzato Marino Zorzato (born 10 May 1956, in Cittadella) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time Christian Democrat, Zorzato was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia in 2001, 2006 and 2006. Having Forza Italia merged int ...

(Vice President of Veneto) and

Clodovaldo Ruffato Clodovaldo Ruffato (Santa Giustina in Colle, 8 May 1953) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time Christian Democrat and close ally of Vittorio Casarin, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for Forza Italia. R ...

(President of the Regional Council). All of them were former members of

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

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 ...

, but

Sandro Sandri Sandro Sandri (Verona, 18 February 1954) is a Venetist politician. He was a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord. After a degree in engineering, Sandri worked as consultant specializing in trademarks and patents. In 1997 he joined Liga Veneta. In ...

, a splinter from

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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. At the national level, the party's high-ranking member is

Maurizio Sacconi Maurizio Sacconi (Conegliano, 13 July 1950) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as Under ...

, NCD former leader in the

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. Despite the bad relations between NCD and Lega Nord in

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, the regional party was a strong supporter of

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 ...

and a loyal coalition partner of Liga Veneta until 2015. NCD also distinguishes itself as a keen proponent of the transformation of Veneto into a special-statute autonomous region. In the 2015 regional election NCD formed a joint list with the Union of the Centre (under the banner of

Popular Area Popular Area ( it, Area Popolare, AP) was a centre-right and mainly Christian-democratic coalition, which included two parliamentary groups active in each house of the Italian Parliament: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. "Popular" was a re ...

) and supported

Flavio Tosi Flavio Tosi (born 18 June 1969) is an Italian politician who served as the mayor of Verona from 2007 to 2017. He has been a long-time member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord. Political career Having joined Liga Veneta (LV) in 1991, Tosi was elected ...

, Liga Veneta's former leader and splinter, for President. The list won a mere 2.0% of the vote, but its leader Marino Zorzato was re-elected to the Regional Council.

Leadership

*Coordinator:

References

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External links

Official website
Political parties in Veneto