Giancarlo Galan

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Giancarlo Galan
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
In office
23 March 2011 – 16 November 2011
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded bySandro Bondi
Succeeded byLorenzo Ornaghi
Personal details
Born (1956-09-10) 10 September 1956 (age 67)
Padua, Italy
Political partyForza Italia
(2013–present)
Other political
affiliations		Italian Liberal Party
(1970s–1980s)
Forza Italia
(1994–2009)
The People of Freedom
(2009–2013)
Forza Italia
(2013–present)
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
ResidencePadua
Occupationpolitician

Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua)[1] is an Italian politician.

Political career

After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s,[2][3][4] 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 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.[5] The Parliament approved the request: Galan was led to a prison in Milan[6] and later granted house arrest in his villa near Padua.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-57181-668-9
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  2. ^ "Giancarlo Galan - Ultime notizie su Giancarlo Galan - Argomenti del Sole 24 Ore". Argomenti Argomenti del Sole 24 Ore.
  3. ^ "Giancarlo Galan | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.it.
  4. ^ "Galan, l'uomo che sognava il Terzo Veneto". www.ilgazzettino.it. 5 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Venezia, arrestato il sindaco Orsoni "A Galan denaro e lavori in villa"". Corriere della Sera. 4 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Arrestato Galan, portato nel carcere di Opera Dalla Camera il sì all-arresto con 395 voti - Cronaca - il Mattino di Padova". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Galan agli arresti domiciliari, il doge torna a casa". Il Sole 24 ORE.

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Assembly seats
Preceded by
Title jointly held
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

XII Legislature
1994–1995 		Succeeded by
Title jointly held
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Title jointly held
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

XVII Legislature
2013– 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Title jointly held
Member of the Italian Senate

XV Legislature
2006 		Succeeded by
Title jointly held
Preceded by
Title jointly held
Member of the Italian Senate

XVI Legislature
2008 		Succeeded by
Title jointly held
Political offices
Preceded by
Italian Minister of Culture

2011 		Succeeded by
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