11 Facts About Luca Zaia

Luca Zaia was born on 27 March 1968 and is an Italian politician, who has been President of Veneto since 2010, and a historical member of Lega Nord, other than being the most progressive member of his own party.

Luca Zaia has been married since 1999 to Raffaella Monti, a company secretary; the couple has no children.

In May 2005, Luca Zaia was appointed Vice President of Veneto and regional minister of Agriculture and Tourism in Giancarlo Galan's third government, but left in May 2008 in order to take office as federal minister of agriculture in Berlusconi IV Cabinet.

In early times of his administration, Luca Zaia tried to limit the RU-486 abortive pill.

Luca Zaia liberalised artificial insemination for women up to 50 years.

The demonstration was supported by Luca Zaia, who demanded a "return to legality", even though his predecessor Giancarlo Galan, a member of his coalition, was in favour of GMOs.

Luca Zaia announced that he too had voted in the unofficial, non-binding, online and privately organised 2014 Venetian independence referendum and explained that he would seek "total independence" for Veneto.

Luca Zaia has compared the status of the Veneto within Italy to that of Crimea within Ukraine.

In February 2020 Luca Zaia apologized after criticizing China over the COVID-19 pandemic and claiming that Chinese people "eat live mice".

Luca Zaia has anyway emerged strengthened from the crisis, widely praised for keeping hospital admissions down.

Luca Zaia called for more transparency and demanded more citizens' supervision of public administration.