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Gian Paolo Gobbo

Gian Paolo Gobbo

Italian politician

Gian Paolo Gobbo (Treviso, 1 April 1949) is an Italian politician. He is the President of Liga Veneta, the "national" section of Lega Nord in Veneto.[1]

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In 1978–1980 he was a founding member of Liga Veneta. In 1990 and 1995, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto[2] and was Vice President of Veneto from 1994 to 1995.

Gobbo was a member of the European Parliament for the Lega Nord from 1999 to 2004 and then, again, from 2006 to 2009.[3]

He was Mayor of Treviso from 2003 to 2013.[4]

In January 2010, Gobbo was indicted along with 35 other members of the Lega Nord on charges relating to an attempt to form an armed criminal gang during the late 1990s.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "I trent'anni della Lega. Dai pionieri di Recoaro al governo del Veneto - Corriere del Veneto". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Raixe Venete website Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "List of all current and former Members - MEPs - European Parliament". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Comune di Treviso: Sindaco e Amministrazione Comunale". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    La Stampa, 23 January 2010 Archived 30 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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