Gianpaolo Bottacin (born 17 October 1969 in Feltre) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy.
A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, Bottacin was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005.
In 2009 he was elected President of the Province of Belluno and, consequently, left his seat in the Council.
[1][2] In 2011, however, he suffered a vote of no confidence, was forced to resign[3] and entered a period of political inactivity, also due to clashes with Flavio Tosi's leadership of Liga Veneta.
[5] In the 2020 regional election Bottacin was re-elected from Zaia's personal list by a record of over 9,000 preference votes in the scarcely populated province of Belluno[6][7] and was appointed regional minister of the Environment, Climate and Civil Protection in Zaia's third government.