Gian Paolo Gobbo

Gian Paolo Gobbo (Treviso, 1 April 1949) is a Venetist politician. He is the President of Liga Veneta, the "national" section of Lega Nord in Veneto.
In 1978–1980 he was a founding member of Liga Veneta. In 1990 and 1995, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto and was Vice President of Veneto from 1994 to 1995.
Gobbo was a member of the European Parliament for the Lega Nord from 1999 to 2004 and then, again, from 2006 to 2009.
Since 2008, he has been Mayor of Treviso.
In January 2010, Gobbo was indicted along with 35 other members of the Lega Nord on charges relating to an attempt to form an armed criminal gang during the late 1990s