Pietro Fontanini Explained

Pietro Fontanini
Term Start:14 May 2018
Term End:18 April 2023
Predecessor:Furio Honsell
Successor:Alberto Felice De Toni
Term Start2:3 August 1993
Term End2:11 January 1994
Predecessor2:Vinicio Turello
Successor2:Renzo Travanut
Term Start3:9 May 1996
Term End3:27 April 2006
Term Start4:15 April 1994
Term End4:9 May 1996
Birth Date:1952 9, df=y
Birth Place:Udine, Italy
Party:Lega Nord
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:University of Trieste
Occupation:Teacher, politician

Pietro Fontanini (born 23 September 1952) is an Italian politician from the Lega Nord, former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Biography

Graduated in Sociology, Fontanini joined the Lega Nord after having spent a few years in the Italian Communist Party in Friuli. Once elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Fontanini is appointed President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for the first five months of the legislature.[1]

He left his seat in the regional council in order to run for the Senate at the 1994 general election, resulting in his election.[2] He is later elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1996[3] and the 2001 general election.

In 1995, Fontanini is elected Mayor of Campoformido, in the province of Udine, and held the seat for two consecutive terms until 2004.

In 2008, he is elected President of the province of Udine,[4] being later re-elected in 2013.[5] He left the office a few months before the end of his second term in order to run for the office of Mayor of Udine at the 2018 local election:[6] Fontanini is elected at the runoff.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Da Campoformido a Palazzo D'Aronco: ecco chi è Pietro Fontanini, il politico di lungo corso che non perde mai. Messaggero Veneto. 15 May 2018. 13 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Senatori, alla destra ne mancano tre. La Repubblica. 30 March 1994. 14 November 2018.
  3. Web site: I seicentotrenta eletti alla Camera. La Repubblica. 23 April 1996. 14 November 2018.
  4. Web site: Province e comuni capoluogo: molti ballottaggi, pochi ribaltoni. La Repubblica. 16 April 2008. 14 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Udine, ballottaggio tra candidati Pd e Pdl. Flop del M5S che si ferma al 14,3%. La Repubblica. 23 April 2013. 14 November 2018.
  6. Web site: È Pietro Fontanini il candidato sindaco di Udine per il centrodestra. UdineToday.it. 18 March 2018. 14 November 2018.
  7. Web site: Udine alla Lega: Pietro Fontanini è il nuovo sindaco. Il centrosinistra perde anche l'ultima roccaforte friulana. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 14 May 2018. 14 November 2018.