Attilio Fontana

Attilio Fontana
President of Lombardy
Assumed office
26 March 2018
Preceded by Roberto Maroni
Mayor of Varese
In office
29 May 2006 – 19 June 2016
Preceded by Aldo Fumagalli (LN)[1]
as Mayor of Varese
Sergio Porena
as Special Commissioner
Succeeded by Davide Galimberti (PD)
Personal details
Born (1952-03-28) 28 March 1952
Varese, Italy
Political party Lega Nord

Attilio Fontana (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian politician from Varese, Lombardy. He is said to be a lover and a maven of Central European culture[2].

Biography

A long-time member of Lega Lombarda and Lega Nord (LN), he was Mayor of Induno Olona from 1995 to 1999.[3] Fontana, with LN, was elected in the 2000 regional election and 2005 regional election to the Regional Council of Lombardy, of which he functioned as President until July 2006.[4] He stepped down from the post after being elected Major of Varese with 57.8% of the vote in the first round of 28 May 2006.[5] He was re-elected in May 2011 with 53.8% of the vote in a run-off.[6] Fontana, ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits,[7] left the office in June 2016. In 2007 Fontana was the lawyer of Andrea Mascetti in the case against Michele Santoro from who they won.[8]

Some journalists in July 2016 speculated a nomination of Fontana as LN candidate in 2018 election for President of Lombardy if the incumbent President of Region Roberto Maroni (who was elected in 2013 regional election for a 5 year term with the support of Lega Lombarda and Lega Nord - the parties of Maroni and Fontana - and with the support of the other parties members of the 2013 center right coalition) will not run for a second consecutive (and final) term; in January 2018, when Maroni announced his retirement from politics, Fontana was selected as Centre-right (composed by FI, LN, FdI, EpL, NcI and his civic personal list named "Fontana List" composed by members of PP, RC, MNS and also by civic, independent and non-partisans members) candidate to the Presidency of Lombardy.

On 15 January 2018,[9] Fontana stated that the white race and the Western culture were in danger[9] due to the migration flows from Africa.[9] This created lot of protests and criticisms[10] from the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and also the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S).[10] After the controversy he apologised for his remarks, declaring that it was a slip and an expressive error. Fontana's principal rivals are Giorgio Gori (PD) and Dario Violi (M5S). On 4 March 2018 Fontana won 50% (Gori 29%, Violi 17%) in the Regional election.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Elected in 2002 election, Aldo Fumagalli was the Mayor in office until 11 October 2005 when he resigned from the office
  2. ↑ https://visegradpost.com/en/2018/03/28/italy-looks-closely-at-the-hungarian-elections/
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.it.
  6. ↑ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.it.
  7. ↑ After two consecutive terms, a Major (and a President of Region) is not re-eligible for a third consecutive term: for more news, see Italian electoral law of 1993 for Comuni (2004 for Region)
  8. ↑ "MICHELE SANTORO CONDANNATO A VARESE PER DIFFAMAZIONE - Napoli la Repubblica.it". napoli.repubblica.it.
  9. 1 2 3 "White race at risk - Fontana on migrants (2) - English". 15 January 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Italian political candidate in race storm".
  11. ↑
Political offices
Preceded by
Aldo Fumagalli (LN)		 Mayor of Varese
2006–2016		 Succeeded by
Davide Galimberti (PD)
Preceded by
Roberto Maroni (LN)		 President of Lombardy
2018-Today		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Roberto Maroni (LN)
2013		 Centre-right coalition
nominee for President of Lombardy
2018		 Succeeded by
Most recent (party)
2023
Preceded by
Aldo Fumagalli (LN)
2002		 Centre-right coalition
nominee for Mayor of Varese
2006 and 2011		 Succeeded by
Paolo Orrigoni (FI)
2016
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