Fabio Calzavara

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Fabio Calzavara is an entrepreneur and Venetian politician, born in Istrana on 21 September 1950. He is the co-founder of Liga Veneta (1980), a federalist party settled in Padua (Veneto region).

He was a member of the board of “European Federalist Union” (UEF) founded in Zurich (Switzerland), from 1982 till 1986. He was a member of the National Council of the “Free Autonomist Entrepreneurs Association” (ALIA) from 1993 – 1994 and later on the “Free European Federalist Enterpreneurs Association (LIFE) from 1995 – 1997.

He was a member of the Italian Parliament and a Foreign Affairs Committee member of Camera dei Deputati from 1996 – 2001. He was a member of the first Inter-parliamentarian Commission between Italy and the Russian Federation from 1997 – 2001.

As an independent consultant, he was accredited at the European Parliament in Bruxelles/Brussels from 2003 – 2004.

He was also elected in the following local public Administrations:

  • Member of Province Council of Treviso, Veneto Region (1985 – 1990);
  • Member of Common House Council of Montebelluna , Veneto Region (1987 – 1991);
  • Member of Common House Council of Mel-Belluno, Veneto Region (1994 – 1998).

In December 2000, he participated in the first public humanitarian aid to Iraq under the embargo, organized by Abbe Pierre and Jean-Marie Benjamin on a special flight from Paris to Baghdad, with 180 participants as parliamentarians, diplomats, journalists, religious workers, and ONG volunteers from France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.