Franco Roccon

Franco Roccon (born 21 January 1960 in Belluno, Veneto)[1] is a Venetist politician.

Having joined Liga Veneta–Lega Nord in the early 1990s, Roccon was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto at the 1995 regional election.[2][3][4]

In October 1998 Roccon left Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and was a founding member of Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR), along with Fabrizio Comencini and other four regional councillors.[5][6] In the 2000 regional election LVR failed to field a list in the province of Belluno and, thus, Roccon was not re-elected.

In May 2003 Roccon was elected mayor of Castellavazzo (Belluno) with 51.4% of the vote. In April 2008 he was re-elected by a landslide with 62.7% of the vote.[7] Having joined The People of Freedom,[8] he served as president of the provincial public utility until November 2011.[9][10] During his tenure as president of BIM–GPS he was often criticized by his former colleagues of the League, especially by Gianpaolo Bottacin, president of the Province.[11][12]

In late 2012 Roccon took part to some events organized by Venetian Independence.[13][14] On 5 April 2013, under Roccon's leadership, Castellavazzo was the first municipality of Veneto to approve a motion in support of a referendum on the independence of Veneto.[15][16][17] Since 2015 Roccon was involved with the LVR in Independence We Veneto, running in the 2015 regional election (4.3% in the province of Belluno)[18] and for mayor of Belluno in 2017 (3.4%).[19]

In March 2019 Roccon represented the LVR at the European Free Alliance's general assembly, during which a motion on Venetian autonomy was approved.[20]

References
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  4. "::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Regionali del 23 Aprile 1995". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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  6. intelligenza (4 October 1998). "[106042] - Assemblea Costituente della Liga Veneta Repubblica (presso il Palazzetto dello Sport di S. Martino di Lupari)". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  7. "::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Comunali del 13 Aprile 2008". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  8. "Pdl-Lega, la frana parte dal Veneto - Regione - Il Mattino di Padova". 22 October 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. "Lega contro Bettiol e Roccon "Dov'è l'onestà politica?" - Cronaca - Corriere delle Alpi". 29 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  10. Francesco, Marco de'. "Nel Bim-Gsp guerra aperta tra Lega e Pdl Il Carroccio: "Tecnici fuori dalla politica"". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  11. "Il congresso della Lega Nord Valbelluna disapprova il contributo di 100 euro ad utenza per salvare Bim Gsp e chiede le dimissioni del presidente Franco Roccon - Bellunopress - Dolomiti". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  12. "Bottacin racconta a "Report" i disastri di Bim Gsp - Cronaca - Corriere delle Alpi". 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Voto per il Veneto indipendente Castellavazzo si schiera a favore - Cronaca - Corriere delle Alpi". 6 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  16. "La valanga". 6 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  17. "Video del voto storico a Castellavazzo". 7 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  18. http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=31/05/2015&tpa=I&tpe=I&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=5&levsut1=1&lev2=10&levsut2=2&ne1=5&ne2=10&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&ms=S
  19. http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2017/elezioni/comunali/belluno.html
  20. http://ligavenetarepubblica.org/la-mozione-della-liga-veneta-repubblica-sullautonomia-del-veneto-in-discussione-a-brussels-allassemblea-generale-di-efa
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