Renzo Tondo

Renzo Tondo (born 7 August 1956) is an Italian politician, former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Renzo Tondo
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
23 March 2018
In office
28 April 2006 – 28 April 2008
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office
15 June 2001 – 14 June 2003
Preceded byRoberto Antonione
Succeeded byRiccardo Illy
In office
18 April 2008 – 25 April 2013
Preceded byRiccardo Illy
Succeeded byDebora Serracchiani
Personal details
Born (1956-08-07) 7 August 1956
Tolmezzo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyPSI (1979–1994)
FI (1994-2009)
PdL (2009-2013)
FI (2013-2015)
AR (2015-2017)
NcI (since 2017)
Alma materUniversity of Trieste
OccupationEntrepreneur, politician

Early life

He graduated in Political Sciences at the University of Trieste. He began his career as a hotel keeper.

Career

First political experiences

Tondo moved into politics with the Italian Socialist Party, with whom he was elected mayor of his hometown Tolmezzo from 1990 to 1995.[1]

First gubernatorial term

In 1998, Tondo became Regional Councilor with Forza Italia. In 2001 he was appointed President of the Regional Council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[1] In 2006, Tondo was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

Second gubernatorial term

In 2008, Tondo was re-elected President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, supported by the centre-right coalition, defeating the incumbent governor Riccardo Illy, who was supported by the Democratic Party.[2] Five years later, in 2013, Tondo was defeated by centre-left candidate Debora Serracchiani.[3]

Responsible Autonomy

In 2015 founded Responsible Autonomy,[4] which later became part of Us with Italy.[5] In 2018, Tondo was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies as centre-right candidate in a single-seat constituency.

On 16 March 2018, Tondo was initially chosen by the centre-right coalition as candidate for President of FVG,[6] but five days later Massimiliano Fedriga from the Northern League became the official candidate, and was later elected President.[7]

References
  1. "Biography on the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Regional Assembly's website". consiglio.regione.fvg.it. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. "Sconfitto Illy, la Lega fa volare Tondo". La Repubblica. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. "Elezioni Friuli, vince Serracchiani. Pd e Pdl tengono, crolla il M5S". La Repubblica. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. "Autonomia Responsabile avvia l'organizzazione territoriale". ilfriuli.it. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. "Elezioni: Autonomia Responsabile lancia la sfida al 2018 e auspica il ritorno in Regione di Tondo". udinetoday.it. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  6. "E' ufficiale: Renzo Tondo è il candidato del centrodestra alle regionali Fvg". Il Piccolo. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  7. "Friuli Venezia Giulia, il centrodestra cambia candidato dopo 5 giorni: è Fedriga. Salvini vuole l'en plein al Nord". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  • Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XV, XVIII legislature.


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