Roberto Cota (born 13 July 1968 in Novara) is an Italian politician, President of Piedmont from 2010 to 2014.

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Roberto Cota
President of Piedmont
In office 30 March 2010 – 9 June 2014
Preceded by	Mercedes Bresso
Succeeded by	Sergio Chiamparino
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 28 April 2006 – 17 June 2010
In office 5 March 2013 – 9 April 2013
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-13) 13 July 1968 (age 55) Novara, Italy
Political party	Lega Nord (1990-2020) Forza Italia (since 2020)
Alma mater	University of Milan
Profession	Politician, lawyer

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After a degree in law, Cota joined the party in 1990. In 2000 he was elected to the Regional Council of Piedmont and was President of it until 2005. In 2001 he was elected regional secretary of Lega Nord Piemont.

After having served as Under-Secretary of Productive Activities in Berlusconi II Cabinet^[1] (since the end of December 2004) and later in Berlusconi III Cabinet, he was first elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2006. Re-elected in 2008, he was elected floor leader of Lega Nord in the Chamber.

On 30 March 2010 he was elected President of the Piedmont Region.^[2][3] On 17 June 2010 he resigned from Italian Chamber of Deputies.

His election as president of the Piedmont was canceled on 11 February 2014.