Alpine Padanian Union

{{Short description|Political party in Italy}}

The Alpine Padanian Union (Unione Padana Alpina, UPA) is a Padanist and separatist political party active in Lombardy, Italy.

The party emerged in March 2012 as a split from the Padanian Union (UP): the provincial section of Bergamo, led by Giovanni Ongaro, left the UP over disagreements with party leadership.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bergamosera.com/cms/?p=89860 |title=Nasce l'Unione Padana Alpina: C'è anche l'ex segretario della Lega Cristiano Forte | Bergamosera |access-date=2012-04-04 |archive-date=2012-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807134714/http://www.bergamosera.com/cms/?p=89860 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lindipendenza.com/a-bergamo-e-nata-lunione-padana-alpina/ |title=A BERGAMO E' NATA l'UNIONE PADANA ALPINA | L'Indipendenza |access-date=2012-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928144419/http://www.lindipendenza.com/a-bergamo-e-nata-lunione-padana-alpina/ |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead }} The UP had been formed in November 2011 by the merger of Lega Padana Lombardia and other groups, including that of Ongaro.http://www.agi.it/milano/notizie/201111231914-pol-rmi0051-nasce_l_unione_padana_sabato_a_milano_il_congresso_costituente{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lindipendenza.com/giovanni-ongaro-e-ora-di-cambiare-questo-sistema/ |title=GIOVANNI ONGARO: "E' ORA DI CAMBIARE QUESTO SISTEMA" | L'Indipendenza |access-date=2012-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202185837/http://www.lindipendenza.com/giovanni-ongaro-e-ora-di-cambiare-questo-sistema/ |archive-date=2013-02-02 |url-status=dead }}

Riccardo Mazzoleni and Giovanni Ongaro were respectively elected secretary and president of the newly formed party. Cristiano Forte, a former provincial secretary of Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord, was appointed deputy secretary.