Luca Coletto
{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1961)}}
Luca Coletto (born 27 May 1961 in Verona) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy.
A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1995, Coletto was minister of the Environment and vice president of the Province of Verona between 2004 and 2010. After the 2010 regional election, in which he did not stand as candidate, he became regional minister of Health in Zaia I Government.{{Cite web |url=http://www.regione.veneto.it/NR/rdonlyres/8E4D16F0-CD69-4D0E-BD93-8FDB2728604A/0/BiografiaLUCACOLETTO.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-27 |archive-date=2010-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802044828/http://www.regione.veneto.it/NR/rdonlyres/8E4D16F0-CD69-4D0E-BD93-8FDB2728604A/0/BiografiaLUCACOLETTO.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/rappresentanti/coletto-luca.shtml?id=9050|title=Luca Coletto, Assessore alla Sanità, Programmazione edilizia Veneto - Corriere.it Venezia|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/notizie/politica/2010/13-aprile-2010/ma-zaia-reagisce-rispettate-nostre-scelte-1602825820774.shtml|title=Ma Zaia reagisce: "Rispettate le nostre scelte" - Corriere del Veneto|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}}
Coletto was once a close ally of Flavio Tosi, who imposed his name for minister of Health in 2010, but later became an ally of Luca Zaia.{{Cite web |url=http://rassegna-stampa.veneziepost.it/stories/politica/43463_ma_i_fedelissimi_sono_combattuti_chi_esce_dal_partito_poi_muore/#.VP82C-Fa9rg |title=Ma i fedelissimi sono combattuti «Chi esce dal partito poi muore» | Rassegna Stampa di VeneziePost |access-date=2015-03-10 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161809/http://rassegna-stampa.veneziepost.it/stories/politica/43463_ma_i_fedelissimi_sono_combattuti_chi_esce_dal_partito_poi_muore/#.VP82C-Fa9rg |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/02/28/italia/politica/lega-nord-i-sei-punti-dello-scontro-zaiatosi-VZc39N8rkYEUnYIVdqRgDL/pagina.html|title=Lega Nord, i sei punti dello scontro Zaia-Tosi|date=3 March 2015|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://formiche.net/2015/03/05/lega-chi-pronto-seguire-flavio-tosi/|title=Lega, chi è pronto a seguire Flavio Tosi|first=Giovanni|last=Bucchi|date=5 March 2015|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}}
In the 2015 regional election Coletto was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto{{cite web|url=http://www.consiglioveneto.it/crvportal/pageContainer.jsp?n=5&p=5&c=1&e=12&t=0&key=991|title=Consiglio Regionale Veneto - Il Consiglio|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}} and, after the election, was confirmed as minister of Health in Zaia II Government.{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.veneto.it/web/guest/giunta-regionale|title=Regione Veneto - Giunta Regionale|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2017}} He resigned in 2018 in order to become undersecretary of Health in Conte I Cabinet.{{cite web| url = http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_1_1_1.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=3566| title = Luca Coletto è il nuovo sottosegretario di Stato alla Salute}} After the fall of the latter government in 2019, he was appointed regional minister of Health in Umbria by President Donatella Tesei{{cite web |title=Luca Coletto nominato Assessore alla Sanità della Regione Umbria _ Panorama della Sanità.html |url=http://www.panoramasanita.it/2019/11/22/luca-coletto-nominato-assessore-alla-sanita-della-regione-umbria |website=www.panoramasanita.it}} and health spokesman of the League by secretary Matteo Salvini.{{Cite web|url=https://corrieredellumbria.corr.it/news/politica/1431673/salvini-nomina-luca-coletto-assessore-umbria-dipartimento-sanita-lega.html|title = Salvini nomina l'assessore dell'Umbria Luca Coletto a capo del dipartimento sanità della Lega}}