Manuela Lanzarin

Manuela Lanzarin (born 3 June 1971 in Bassano del Grappa) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy.

[1][2][3][4] In fact, due to her closeness to Luca Zaia[5] and her loyalty to former Lega Nord leader Umberto Bossi,[6] she was not popular with the new leadership led by Flavio Tosi.

[3] In the 2015 regional election, after Tosi was sidelined by the federal party, Lanzarin made her comeback and was elected to the Regional Council from Zaia's personal list in the province of Vicenza.

[7] After the election, Zaia, who had been re-elected President, appointed her regional minister of Social Affairs[8] in his second government.

Subsequently, she was re-appointed minister of Health and Social Affairs in Zaia's third government.