Roberto Visentin (born 30 October 1953) is an Italian politician from Friuli-Venezia Giulia devoted to Friulian nationalism and green politics.
In 1990 Visentin, who had been a member of the Friuli Movement, [1] was a founding member of Lega Nord Friuli, of which he served as secretary until 1999. Visentin was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1992 general election [2] and was later elected to the Senate in the 1994 [3] and 1996 general elections. [4]
In 2001 Visentin left the party [5] and became one of its strongest critics. [6]
In 2015–2017 Visentin was one of the founding members of the Pact for Autonomy, a centre-left regionalist party. [7] [8] In 2020 he was instrumental in the formation of the Autonomies and Environment Pact, a network of regionalist and green political parties, and became its president. [9] [10] [11] He also serves as vice president of the European Free Alliance. [12]