Achille Tramarin (

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

, 12 August 1946 - Padua, 29 June 2017) was an Italian Venetist politician. In 1978–1980 he took part to the foundation of

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 ...

and in 1980 he was elected first national secretary of the party. During the party's first official meeting in

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on 9 December 1979, Tramarin gave a famous speech titled ''Venetian Autonomy and Europe'': "Today for Venetians the moment has come, after 113 years of Italian unitary colonization, to take their natural and human resources back, to fight against the wild exploitation that has brought emigration, pollution and rooting out from their culture". In 1983 he was elected to the

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and thus became the first deputy of his party's history. Soon after the election

Franco Rocchetta Franco Rocchetta (born Venice, 12 April 1947) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, philologist and history populariser, who is usually described as the "father" of present-day Venetian nationalism and independentism. Early life and politic ...

, who had been behind the scenes up to that moment and was disappointed by his missed election, hinted that Tramarin should step down from the post of party leader. After a power struggle, Rocchetta won the battle for the party's leadership and Tramarin was replaced as national secretary by Marilena Marin, future wife of Rocchetta. Subsequently, Tramarin, while continuing to represent Liga Veneta in the

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, was ousted from the party and formed

Liga Veneta Serenissima Liga Veneta Serenissima (Most Serene Venetian League, LVS) was a Venetist political party active in Veneto. LFS was founded in by splinters from Liga Veneta (LV) led by Achille Tramarin. Tramarin was first elected national secretary of Liga Venet ...

, which proved to be a very unsuccessful political party, gaining only 0.2% of the vote in the 1985 regional election. Tramarin never joined Lega Nord but had been active in

Liga Veneta Repubblica Liga Veneta Repubblica (''Łiga Vèneta Republica'', Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetist political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly separatist position and campaigns for the self-government of Veneto. The party's f ...

, a minor Venetist party led by

Fabrizio Comencini Fabrizio Comencini (born 6 November 1953, in Garda) is an Italian politician. Comencini started his political career in the Italian Social Movement (MSI), for which he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1985 and 1990. In the early 1 ...

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1946 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Padua Venetist politicians Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy {{Veneto-politician-stub