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Renzo Marangon (born 29 July 1955 in
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) is an Italian politician from
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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
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. 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 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 ...
, he was not re-elected to Regional Council, but re-entered the Council in 2014 by replacing his rival Maria Luisa Coppola.


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Forza Italia politicians Living people 1955 births Members of the Regional Council of Veneto Mayors of Rovigo {{Veneto-politician-stub