Luca Zaia

Luca Zaia (born 27 March 1968) is an Italian politician, who was President of Veneto from 2010 to 2025. He often rose to prominence for his positions contrasting the lines of his own party, including support of initiatives to tackle climate change, his support of gender-affirming surgery, and push for the recognition of transgender people to identify with their preferred sex, advocacy against homophobia and antisemitism, and his views on immigration with his model of "integrazione diffusa" of migrants coming to Europe.