Roberto Cota

Roberto Cota


President of Piedmont
In office 2010–2014
Preceded by	Mercedes Bresso
Succeeded by	Sergio Chiamparino
Personal details
Born	(1968-07-13) 13 July 1968 Novara, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Lega Nord

Roberto Cota (Novara, 13 July 1968) is the leader of Lega Nord Piemont and a leading member of Lega Nord.

After a degree in law, Cota joined the party in 1990. In 2000 he was elected to the Regional Council of Piedmont and was President of it until 2005. In 2001 he was elected regional secretary of Lega Nord Piemont.

After having served as Under-Secretary of Productive Activities in Berlusconi II Cabinet^[1] (since the end of December 2004) and later in Berlusconi III Cabinet, he was first elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2006. Re-elected in 2008, he was elected floor leader of Lega Nord in the Chamber.

On 30 March 2010 he was elected President of the Piedmont Region.^[2]^[3] On 17 June 2010 he resigned from Italian Chamber of Deputies.

His election as president of the Piedmont was canceled on February 11, 2014.

References

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Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Legislatures XV, XVI 2006 – 2010	Succeeded by Title jointly held

Presidents of Regions of Italy

Abruzzo: Luciano D'Alfonso (PD)
Aosta Valley: Augusto Rollandin (UV)
Apulia: Michele Emiliano (PD)
Basilicata: Marcello Pittella (PD)
Calabria: Mario Oliverio (PD)
Campania: Vincenzo De Luca (PD)
Emilia-Romagna: Stefano Bonaccini (PD)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Debora Serracchiani (PD)
Lazio: Nicola Zingaretti (PD)
Liguria: Giovanni Toti (FI)
Lombardy: Roberto Maroni (LL–LN)
Marche: Luca Ceriscioli (PD)
Molise: Paolo Di Laura Frattura (PD)
Piedmont: Sergio Chiamparino (PD)
Sardinia: Francesco Pigliaru (PD)
Sicily: Rosario Crocetta (PD)
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol: Arno Kompatscher (SVP)
Tuscany: Enrico Rossi (PD)
Umbria: Catiuscia Marini (PD)
Veneto: Luca Zaia (LV–LN)

Leaders of Lega Nord

Federal Secretary	Umberto Bossi (1991–2012) Roberto Maroni (2012–2013) Matteo Salvini (2013–present)

Federal President	Franco Rocchetta (1991–1994) Stefano Stefani (1995–2002) Luciano Gasperini (2002–2005) Angelo Alessandri (2005–2012) Umberto Bossi (2012–present)

Chamber of Deputies	Marco Formentini (1992–1994) Pierluigi Petrini (1994–1995) Vito Gnutti (1995–1996) Domenico Comino (1996–1999) Giancarlo Pagliarini (1999–2001) Alessandro Cè (2001–2005) Andrea Gibelli (2005–2006) Roberto Maroni (2006–2008) Roberto Cota (2008–2010) Marco Reguzzoni (2010–2012) Gianpaolo Dozzo (2012–present)

Senate	Francesco Speroni (1992–1994) Francesco Tabladini (1994–1996) Francesco Speroni (1996–1999) Luciano Gasperini (1999–2000) Roberto Castelli (2000–2001) Francesco Moro (2001–2004) Ettore Pirovano (2004–2006) Roberto Castelli (2006–2008) Federico Bricolo (2008–present)

European Parliament	Francesco Speroni (1989–1992) Luigi Moretti (1992–1999) Francesco Speroni (1999–2004) Mario Borghezio (2004–2009) Francesco Speroni (2009–present)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 256103853 LCCN: no2012102363 GND: 1027780504 ICCU: IT\ICCU\MILV\151456

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