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Roberto Visentin

Italian politician (born 1953) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roberto Visentin
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Roberto Visentin (born 30 October 1953) is an Italian politician from Friuli-Venezia Giulia devoted to Friulian nationalism and green politics.

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Roberto Visentin

In 1990 Visentin, who had been a member of the Friuli Movement,[1] was a founding member of Lega Nord Friuli, of which he served as secretary until 1999. Visentin was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1992 general election[2] and was later elected to the Senate in the 1994[3] and 1996 general elections.[4]

In 2001 Visentin left the party[5] and became one of its strongest critics.[6]

In 2015–2017 Visentin was one of the founding members of the Pact for Autonomy, a centre-left regionalist party.[7][8] In 2020 he was instrumental in the formation of the Autonomies and Environment Pact, a network of regionalist and green political parties, and became its president.[9][10][11] He also serves as vice president of the European Free Alliance.[12]

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