Renzo Tondo (born 7 August 1956) is an Italian politician, former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Early life

He graduated in Political Sciences at the

University of Trieste The University of Trieste ( it, Università degli Studi di Trieste, or UniTS) is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 departments, boasts a wide and almos ...

. He began his career as a hotel keeper.

Career

First political experiences

Tondo moved into politics with the

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, with whom he was elected mayor of his hometown

Tolmezzo Tolmezzo ( fur, Tumieç; sl, Tolmeč; archaic german: Tolmein or ''Schönfeld'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. Geography Tolmezzo is located at the ...

from 1990 to 1995.

First gubernatorial term

In 1998, Tondo became Regional Councilor with Forza Italia. In 2001 he was appointed President of the Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In 2006, Tondo was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

Second gubernatorial term

In 2008, Tondo was re-elected President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, supported by the centre-right coalition, defeating the incumbent governor Riccardo Illy, who was supported by the

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. Five years later, in 2013, Tondo was defeated by

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

candidate

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Responsible Autonomy

In 2015 founded

Responsible Autonomy Responsible Autonomy ( it, Autonomia Responsabile, AR) is a centrist to centre-right political party active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The party was launched as a "civic list" in support of Renzo Tondo, incumbent President of The People of ...

, which later became part of

Us with Italy Us with Italy ( it, Noi con l'Italia, NcI) is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and, as such, was part of the centre-right coalition in the 2018 gen ...

. In 2018, Tondo was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies as

centre-right Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...

candidate in a single-seat constituency. On 16 March 2018, Tondo was initially chosen by the centre-right coalition as candidate for president of FVG, but five days later

Massimiliano Fedriga Massimiliano Fedriga (born 2 July 1980 in Verona) is an Italian Northern League politician. He is the president of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region. Biography Born in Verona on 2 July 1980 and raised in Trieste, Fedriga graduated i ...

from the Northern League became the official candidate, and was later elected president.

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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