Remo Sernagiotto (1 September 1955 – 29 November 2020) was an Italian politician from

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Career

Sernagiotto was born in

Montebelluna Montebelluna is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, Italy, approximately northwest of Venice. It has an estimated population of 32,000. Montebelluna borders the following municipalities: Altivole, Caerano di San Marco, Cornuda, Crocetta del Montello ...

. A long-time

Christian Democrat Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

, he was first 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 2000 regional election for Forza Italia (FI). He was re-elected to the

in 2005 regional election for FI and he became floor leader of his party, often being a vocal critic of President

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 ...

(FI). Re-elected 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) in 2010 regional election, he was appointed regional minister of Social Affairs in

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. In the

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Sernagiotto was elected

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(MEP) for the newly organised Forza Italia and subsequently resigned as regional minister. In July 2015 he left FI and the European People's Party, along with fellow MEP

Raffaele Fitto Raffaele Fitto (born 28 August 1969) is an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament. He is serving as the minister of European affairs in the Meloni Cabinet since 2022. Career Born in Maglie, Fitto was elected in 1999 at Europ ...

, in order to join the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECRG) under the newly formed Italian Conservatives and Reformists (CR) party. In January 2017 he and Fitto (with other politicians in Italy) formed

Direction Italy Direction Italy ( it, Direzione Italia, DI) was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy. The party was led by Raffaele Fitto, an MEP in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. History The party was formed in January 2017 ...

(DI), a new party created by CR with other minor parties.

Investigation for corruption

In 2018 he was investigated for corruption in relation to a 3 million

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public funds issue.

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* 1955 births 2020 deaths People from Montebelluna Forza Italia politicians MEPs for Italy 2014–2019 21st-century Italian politicians Members of the Regional Council of Veneto {{Italy-MEP-stub