Giorgio Panto

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

Panto was born at Meolo, near Venice. 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 former leghisti as Ettore Beggiato,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 died at Venice in a helicopter accident on 26 November 2006.