Preceded by Franco Frigo Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Education University of Padua Succeeded by Luca Zaia Name Giancarlo Galan Political party Forza Italia | Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Role Italian Politician Residence Padua, Italy Preceded by Luca Zaia Spouse Sandra Persegato Children Margherita Galan | |
Succeeded by Francesco Saverio Romano Siblings Valentina Galan, Alessandro Galan | ||
VENEZIA, GALAN SCHERZA: IO CATTIVO POLITICO, MI MANCA IL CINISMO
Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua) is an Italian politician from Veneto.
Contents
- VENEZIA GALAN SCHERZA IO CATTIVO POLITICO MI MANCA IL CINISMO
- Roma conferenza stampa di giancarlo galan 23 06 14
- Political career
- References
Roma conferenza stampa di giancarlo galan 23 06 14
Political career
After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s, 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. The Parliament approved the request: Galan was led to a prison in Milan and later granted house arrest in his villa near Padua.