Summary
Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua)[1] is an Italian politician.
Giancarlo Galan | |
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| 7th President of Veneto | |
| In office 26 May 1995 – 13 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Franco Frigo |
| Succeeded by | Luca Zaia |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 16 April 2010 – 23 March 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Luca Zaia |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Saverio Romano |
| Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities | |
| In office 23 March 2011 – 16 November 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Sandro Bondi |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Ornaghi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1956 Padua, Italy |
| Political party | Forza Italia (2013–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Italian Liberal Party (1970s–1980s) Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Residence | Padua |
| Occupation | politician |
Political career edit
After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s,[2][3][4] he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its foundation in 1994. In the same year he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.
In 1995 he ran successfully for President of Veneto. He was re-elected in 2000 and 2005. He did not stand for re-election in 2010, when the centre-right coalition supported Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord for President.
He was Minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth cabinet from 2010 to 2011, filling the place vacated by Zaia. He later served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities for a few months in 2011.
In 2013 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and, consequently, chairman of the Culture Committee.
In June 2014 a tribunal in Venice asked the Parliament for an authorization to proceed against Galan for bribery, extortion and money laundering in the framework of the inquiry about the MOSE Project.[5] The Parliament approved the request: Galan was led to a prison in Milan[6] and later granted house arrest in his villa near Padua.[7]
References edit
- ^ Segatti, Paolo (October 2003). Italian politics: the second Berlusconi government. Berghahn Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-57181-668-9.
- ^ "Giancarlo Galan - Ultime notizie su Giancarlo Galan - Argomenti del Sole 24 Ore". Argomenti Argomenti del Sole 24 Ore.
- ^ "Giancarlo Galan | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.it.
- ^ "Galan, l'uomo che sognava il Terzo Veneto". www.ilgazzettino.it. 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Venezia, arrestato il sindaco Orsoni "A Galan denaro e lavori in villa"". Corriere della Sera. 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Arrestato Galan, portato nel carcere di Opera Dalla Camera il sì all-arresto con 395 voti - Cronaca - il Mattino di Padova". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Galan agli arresti domiciliari, il doge torna a casa". Il Sole 24 ORE.
External links edit
Media related to Giancarlo Galan at Wikimedia Commons
