Stefano Valdegamberi (born 6 May 1970 in Tregnago) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy.

Political career

A member of Christian Democracy (DC) since the late 1980s, Valdegamberi joined the Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) in 1994, after DC's disbanding. He was twice elected mayor of Badia Calavena. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) and was regional minister of Local and Social Affairs in Giancarlo Galan's third government (2005–2010). Re-elected in 2010, he was appointed floor leader of the re-branded Union of the Centre (UdC).[1]

In April 2013 Valdegamberi introduced a bill in order to call a referendum on Veneto's independence by the end of the year.[2][3][4][5] A month later, he left the UdC over disagreements with the party's leadership and formed a Christian-democratic regional party, "Popular Future", along with other two regional councillors (Raffaele Grazia from the UdC and Gustavo Franchetto from Italy of Values).[6][7] The new party was joined also by Giampaolo Fogliardi, who had been a deputy of the Democratic Party until February 2013.[8] In June 2014 the Regional Council passed Valdegamberi's bill,[9][10] but the referendum was later ruled out by the Constitutional Court as contrary to the Constitution.[11][12]

In the 2015 regional election Valdegamberi stood as a candidate in Luca Zaia's personal list[13] and was re-elected handily in the provincial constituency of Verona.[14] In the 2020 regional election Valdegamberi, then a full-fledged member of Zaia's Liga Veneta party, was re-elected from Zaia's personal list from the province of Verona.[15]

Valdegamberi is a traditional conservative and has been a founding member of the pro-life caucus within the Regional Council in July 2023.[16] He routinely presents pro-Russian views and according to an investigative article he may have received funding from Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.[17]

As of November 2023, Valdegamberi is no longer a member of Liga Veneta.[18]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Consiglio Regionale Veneto - Il Consiglio". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Consiglio Regionale Veneto - Sala stampa". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Progetto di legge 342". 3 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Valdegamberi e Lanzarin sull'indipendenza del Veneto". 4 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ^ "nordesteuropa.it". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Veneto: nasce in Consiglio regionale il gruppo 'Futuro Popolare'". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  7. ^ S.p.A., Società Editrice Athesis. "Udc, Valdegamberi espulso E attacca Casini e De Poli". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  8. ^ Futuro popolare @ On. Giampaolo Fogliardi
  9. ^ "Indipendenza del Veneto, via libera del consiglio regionale al referendum". Corriere del Veneto. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Dettaglio Legge Regionale - Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione del Veneto". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  11. ^ Bonet, Marco (26 June 2015). "Indipendenza, no della Consulta". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Zaia, la Corte boccia l'indipendenza veneta". 25 June 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Regionali, Venti liste Sette candidati". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Circoscrizione di VERONA- Preferenze ed eletti- Elezioni regionali del 31 maggio 2015 - Prefettura - Ufficio Territoriale del Governo di Verona". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  15. ^ "In Veneto eletti in Consiglio regionale due condannati, camaleonti della politica e l'uomo che insultò Kyenge: Ecco chi appoggerà Zaia". 24 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Intergruppo Pro-Vita - Finco (Lega-LV), Formaggio (FDI) e Valdegamberi (Gm): "Fine vita: no al pensiero unico, serve un dibattito serio, senza pregiudizi"". www.consiglioveneto.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  17. ^ Tkachenko, Martin Laine (Eesti Ekspress), Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IrpiMedia), and Tatiana. "Kremlin-Linked Group Arranged Payments to European Politicians to Support Russia's Annexation of Crimea". OCCRP. Retrieved 2023-02-04.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Italia, AGI-Agenzia (2023-11-20). "Bufera sul consigliere Valdegamberi per la polemica con Elena Cecchettin". www.agi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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