Gian Paolo Gobbo

Gian Paolo Gobbo (Treviso, 1 April 1949) is an Italian politician. He is the President of Liga Veneta, the "national" section of Lega Nord in Veneto.[1]

Gian Paolo Gobbo
Mayor of Treviso
In office
9 June 2003  10 June 2013
Preceded byGiancarlo Gentilini
Succeeded byGiovanni Manildo
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 1999  22 June 2008
Preceded byMatteo Salvini
Personal details
Born
Gian Paolo Gobbo

(1949-04-01) 1 April 1949
Treviso, Italy
Political partyLega Nord
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Gian Paolo Gobbo
Born
Gian Paolo Gobbo

(1949-04-01) 1 April 1949
Occupationpolitician
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

In 1978–1980 he was a founding member of Liga Veneta. In 1990 and 1995, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto[2] and was Vice President of Veneto from 1994 to 1995.

Gobbo was a member of the European Parliament for the Lega Nord from 1999 to 2004 and then, again, from 2006 to 2009.[3]

He was Mayor of Treviso from 2003 to 2013.[4]

In January 2010, Gobbo was indicted along with 35 other members of the Lega Nord on charges relating to an attempt to form an armed criminal gang during the late 1990s.[5]

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