Giorgio Panto

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Giorgio Panto (Meolo, 1 October 1941 – Venice, 26 November 2006) was an Italian venetist entrepreneur and politician.

After being a long-time supporter of the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, in 2004 he founded a new autonomist, venetist and fiscal federalist party called North-East Project (Progetto NordEst, PNE), in which he welcomed many fomer leghisti as Ettore Beggiato, Giorgio Vido, Mariangelo Foggiato and Diego Cancian.

In 2005 regional elections in Veneto, he scored 6.0% (16.1% in the stronghold of Treviso) as candidate for President of the Region, coming third after Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia/House of Freedoms) and Massimo Carraro (The Union). The PNE list took the 5.4%, electing two regional councillors.

In 2006 provincial elections in Treviso, he came third with the 10.3%, after Leonardo Muraro (Liga Veneta-Lega Nord/House of Freedoms) and Lorenzo Biagi (DL/The Union), while the PNE list scored 10.8%.

He was also involved in the entrepreneurs' trade union European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE), founded by Fabio Padovan. He had a son, Kristian, a son Tommy, and a daughter, Elisa. He was the founder of the company PANTO, which specialized in high-end wood windows and doors.

He suddenly died in a helicopter accident on 26 November 2006.