Giuseppe Pan (born 5 March 1962 in Bassano del Grappa) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy.
A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, Pan started to be involved in municipal politics in his hometown, Cittadella. In 1998, when the party split over Venetism and Padanism, he followed mayor Lucio Facco and deputy mayor Massimo Bitonci into Liga Veneta Repubblica. From 2002 to 2012, Pan served as deputy mayor of Cittadella, under Bitonci, and they both re-joined Liga Veneta. In 2012 Pan, whose bid was supported only by Liga Veneta, finally succeeded to Bitonci as mayor.[1][2]
As mayor, Pan, a member of the Venetist faction of Bitonci, Roberto Marcato and Luca Zaia, was an outspoken supporter of the independence of Veneto[3][4][5] and, as such, he sketched out his bid for the Regional Council of Veneto in the 2015 regional election,[6] in which he was controversially excluded from the council, for technical reasons.[7] Despite this, Pan, who looked a shoo-in to become the party's floor leader, was appointed regional minister of Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing in Zaia's second government.[8][9] In the 2020 regional election Pan was elected to the Regional Council from the province of Padua and was subsequently appointed LV floor leader.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Gli incarichi e le dichiarazioni di GIUSEPPE PAN - openpolis". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ D’Attino, Davide. "Pan come Bitonci, Cittadella alla Lega". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Indipendenza Veneto. Pan (Sindaco): "Il Consiglio regionale dovrà prendere atto. Saremo il volano per un'Europa dei popoli" - Intelligo News – notizie, ultima ora e gossip". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Pan: "Dobbiamo ripartire dalla voglia di indipendenza" - Cronaca - Il Mattino di Padova". 12 September 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Dodici sindaci sfilano a Cittadella con la fascia del Veneto - Cronaca - Il Mattino di Padova". 2 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Pan si candida consigliere regionale "A Venezia per l'indipendenza"". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Pan, prima eletto e poi escluso: "E non mi fermo con il ricorso"". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Regione Veneto - Dettaglio Comunicati Stampa". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Zaia presenta la sua nuova giunta Due assessori regionali da Padova". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "CRV - Consiglio veneto: Nominati i capigruppo - Press Release - Veneto". 28 October 2020.