Career
In 1993 he was also briefly Mayor of Rovigo. In 1994 he joined the United Christian Democrats and was elected to the Council the year later. Re-elected in 2000 for Forza Italia (party which he had joined in 1998), he was floor leader of the party for five years.
From 2005 to 2010 he was regional minister of Territorial Affairs in Galan III Government.
