Nicola Atalmi is an Italian

Italy

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 politician and long-time leader of the Party of Italian Communists

Party of Italian Communists

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 in Veneto

Veneto

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When he was 18, Atalmi joined Proletarian Democracy

Proletarian Democracy

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 and, later, the Communist Refoundation Party

Communist Refoundation Party

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 of which he was a member until 1998, when he switched to the newly formed Party of Italian Communists. In 2004 he entered the Regional Council of Veneto

Regional Council of Veneto

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, replacing Severino Galante. In the 2005 regional election

Venetian regional election, 2005

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 he was elected for a full term in the Council, but was not re-elected in 2010

Venetian regional election, 2010

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