Renzo Marangon (born 29 July 1955 in
Porto Tolle
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) is an Italian politician from
Veneto
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A member of
Christian Democracy since 1974, he entered 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 1993, in replacement of
Giulio Veronese. In 1993 he was also briefly Mayor of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
. In 1994 he joined the
United Christian Democrats
The United Christian Democrats ( it, Cristiani Democratici Uniti, CDU) was a minor Christian democratic political party in Italy. The CDU was a member of the European People's Party from 1995 until 2002.
History
The party was started in 1995 by s ...
and was elected to the Council the year later. Re-elected in 2000 for
Forza Italia (party which he had joined in 1998), he was floor leader of the party for five years. From 2005 to 2010 he was regional minister of Territorial Affairs in
Galan III Government. In 2010, having joined
The People of Freedom
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, he was not re-elected to Regional Council, but re-entered the Council in 2014 by replacing his rival
Maria Luisa Coppola.
References
Forza Italia politicians
Living people
1955 births
Members of the Regional Council of Veneto
Mayors of Rovigo
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