Giancarlo Galan

Giancarlo Galan
7th President of Veneto
In office 26 May 1995 – 13 April 2010
Preceded by	Franco Frigo
Succeeded by	Luca Zaia
Minister of Agriculture
In office 16 April 2010 – 23 March 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Luca Zaia
Succeeded by	Francesco Saverio Romano
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
In office 23 March 2011 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Sandro Bondi
Succeeded by	Lorenzo Ornaghi
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-10) 10 September 1956 Padua, Italy
Political party	Forza Italia (2013–present)
Other political affiliations	Italian Liberal Party (1970s–1980s) Forza Italia (1994–2009) The People of Freedom (2009–2013) Forza Italia (2013–present)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Residence	Padua
Occupation	politician

Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956 in Padua) is an Italian politician.

Political career

After having been an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its foundation in 1994. In the same year he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

In 1995 he ran successfully for President of Veneto. He was re-elected in 2000 and 2005. He did not stand for re-election in 2010, when the centre-right coalition supported Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord for President.

He was Minister of Agriculture in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth cabinet from 2010 to 2011, filling the place vacated by Zaia. He later served as Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities for a few months in 2011.

In 2013 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and, consequently, chairman of the Culture Committee.

In June 2014 a tribunal in Venice asked the Parliament for an authorization to proceed against Galan for bribery, extortion and money laundering in the framework of the inquiry about the MOSE Project. The Parliament approved the request: Galan was led to a prison in Milan and later granted house arrest in his villa near Padua.