Luca Zaia
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The Honourable Luca Zaia |
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| President of Veneto | |
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Assumed office 13 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Giancarlo Galan |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 8 May 2008 – 16 April 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Paolo De Castro |
| Succeeded by | Giancarlo Galan |
| Vice President of Veneto | |
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In office 5 April 2005 – 6 June 2008 |
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| President | Giancarlo Galan |
| Preceded by | Fabio Gava |
| Succeeded by | Franco Manzato |
| Personal details | |
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27 March 1968 Conegliano, Italy |
| Political party | Lega Nord |
| Spouse(s) | Raffaella Monti (m. 1998) |
| Alma mater | University of Udine |
| Profession | Oenologist |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| Website | Official website |
Luca Zaia (Conegliano, 27 March 1968) is an Italian Venetist politician and member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
Since April 2010 Zaia has been President of Veneto. Prior to that, he was Minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth cabinet from May 2008 to April 2010 and Vice President of Veneto from May 2005 to May 2008.
Luca Zaia joined Liga Veneta–Lega Nord in the early 1990s, after having met Gian Paolo Gobbo, and was first elected to public office in 1993, when he became municipal councillor of Godega di Sant'Urbano. Two years later, in 1995, he successfully ran for provincial councillor and, after the election, was appointed provincial minister of Agriculture.
In the 1998 provincial election Zaia was elected President of the Province of Treviso with 60.0% of the vote in the second round, after arriving ahead in the first round with 41.4% and refusing to accept the support of any other party other than his own. At the time, he was the youngest provincial president of Italy. In 2002 he was re-elected by a landslide 68.9% of the vote in the second round and continue to govern the province with the sole support of his party.
In May 2005 Zaia was appointed Vice President of Veneto and regional minister of Agriculture and Tourism in Galan III Government, but left in May 2008 in order to take office as minister of Agriculture in Berlusconi IV Cabinet.
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