Pietro Fontanini

Pietro Fontanini (born 23 September 1952) is an Italian politician from the Lega Nord, former mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Pietro Fontanini
Mayor of Udine
In office 14 May 2018 – 18 April 2023
Preceded by	Furio Honsell
Succeeded by	Alberto Felice De Toni
President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
In office 3 August 1993 – 11 January 1994
Preceded by	Vinicio Turello
Succeeded by	Renzo Travanut
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 9 May 1996 – 27 April 2006
Member of the Senate
In office 15 April 1994 – 9 May 1996
Personal details
Born	(1952-09-23) 23 September 1952 (age 72) Udine, Italy
Political party	Lega Nord
Alma mater	University of Trieste
Occupation	Teacher, politician

Biography

Graduated in Sociology, Fontanini joined the Lega Nord after having spent a few years in the Italian Communist Party in Friuli. Once elected to the regional council of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Fontanini is appointed President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for the first five months of the legislature.^[1]

He left his seat in the regional council in order to run for the Senate at the 1994 general election, resulting in his election.^[2] He is later elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 1996^[3] and the 2001 general election.

In 1995, Fontanini is elected Mayor of Campoformido, in the province of Udine, and held the seat for two consecutive terms until 2004.^[1]

In 2008, he is elected President of the province of Udine,^[4] being later re-elected in 2013.^[5] He left the office a few months before the end of his second term in order to run for the office of Mayor of Udine at the 2018 local election:^[6] Fontanini is elected at the runoff.^[7]