Fabio Padovan
{{short description|Italian politician}}
Fabio Padovan (born 11 September 1955, in Conegliano) is an Italian entrepreneur and politician.
In the early 1990s Padovan joined Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1992 general election.{{cite web|url=http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=XI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg11/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d33960|title=La Camera dei Deputati|first=La Camera dei|last=Deputati|publisher=|accessdate=31 March 2017}} In early 1994, when Lega Nord entered in alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, he left in protest the party.{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/politica/2009/26-giugno-2009/padovan-rivolta-new-age-ritorno-anche-lega-non-ci-capisce-1601506207040.shtml|title=Padovan: rivolta, new age e ritorno "Anche la Lega non ci capisce" - Corriere del Veneto|publisher=|accessdate=31 March 2017}} Some months later, Padovan founded, along with other Venetist entrepreneurs, the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs (LIFE), an organization defending the little and medium-sized industries in Veneto.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/limprenditore_padovan__e_sua_guerra_allitalia/serenissimi-tanko-santa_lucia_piave-otlav-veneto_libero-fabio_padovan-treviso/20-02-2011/articolo-id=507293-page=1-comments=1|title=L'imprenditore Padovan e la sua "guerra all'Italia"|last=Lorenzetto|first=Stefano|date=20 February 2011|work=il Giornale|language=Italian|accessdate=14 March 2011}}
In 2000 Padovan launched a new Venetist and independentist party called Fronte Marco Polo. In the 2000 regional election the party gained 1.2% in Veneto and no seats. Since then, Padovan was briefly a member of Liga Fronte Veneto and, then, became very close to the Venetian National Party{{cite web|url=http://www.pnveneto.org/2009/10/fabio-padovan-via-dall-italia/ |title=Fabio Padovan: "Via dall'Italia" | PLEBISCITO 2013 | PNV. Press News Veneto |publisher=Pnveneto.org |date=2008-01-15 |accessdate=2017-03-31}} and, finally, Veneto State.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120716031708/http://venetostato.info/?p=255]}}