Franco Frigo is an Italian

Italy

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 politician from Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

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A long-time Christian Democrat

Christian Democracy (Italy)

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, he was President of the Province of Padua

Province of Padua

The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...

 from 1985 to 1990. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto

Regional Council of Veneto

The Regional Council of Veneto is the regional parliament of Veneto.It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary Regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.-Composition:...

 in 1990

Venetian regional election, 1990

The Venetian regional election of 1990 took place on 6 May 1990.Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, but it was four seats short of an outright majority in the Regional Council...

 and in the midst of the Tangentopoli

Tangentopoli

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scandals he was briefly President of Veneto

President of Veneto

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 (1992–1993). He returned in the Regional Council in 2000

Venetian regional election, 2000

The Venetian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.Giancarlo Galan was re-elected for the third time President of the Region by a landslide over the centre-left candidate Massimo Cacciari ....

 and was re-elected in 2005

Venetian regional election, 2005

The Venetian regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.Giancarlo Galan was re-elected for the third time in a row President of the Region, but the support for him was diminished by the presence of a third candidate, Giorgio Panto, who picked votes both from the centre-right and the...

. He retired in 2010, after an unsuccessful bid to become member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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in 2009.