Giancarlo Giorgetti
Who was the head of Lega Lombarda from 2012 to 2013?
Lega Lombarda Lega Lombarda ( English translation : Lombard League , LL ) , whose complete name is Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord ( Lombard League–Northern League ) , is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy . It is one of the national sections of Lega Nord ( LN ) and , along with Liga Veneta , forms the bulk of the federal party , which has been led by Lombards since its foundation . The party is currently led by Paolo Grimoldi as national secretary and Giacomo Stucchi as national president . Leading members include Matteo Salvini ( federal secretary of Lega Nord ) , Attilio Fontana ( President of Lombardy ) , Umberto Bossi , Roberto Maroni , Roberto Calderoli , Giancarlo Giorgetti , Gian Marco Centinaio , Francesco Speroni and Roberto Castelli . History . Foundation and formation of Lega Nord . Lega Lombarda was officially founded on 12 April 1984 by Umberto Bossi , who used the resonance of the name of the historical Lega Lombarda when choosing the name . Originally Lega Autonomista Lombarda ( Lombard Autonomist League , LAL ) , the party took the current name in 1986 . At its electoral debut in the 1987 general election , Lega Lombarda gained 2.6% of the vote in Lombardy . Bossi was elected to the Senate and Giuseppe Leoni to the Chamber of Deputies . The party participated in the 1989 European Parliament election as the leading member of the coalition named Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord , obtaining 8.1% in Lombardy and two MEPs elected ( Francesco Speroni and Luigi Moretti ) . In 1989–1990 the LL took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties , ahead of the regional elections . In February 1991 it was merged into Lega Nord ( LN ) and since then it has been the national section of the LN in Lombardy . Bossi was subsequently elected federal secretary of the LN , while maintaining the role of national secretary of the LL for a while . Negri , Calderoli , Giorgetti . In 1993 Luigi Negri took over as secretary , replacing Bossi , who had to choose between national and federal office . After the 1994 general election , three LL members joined Berlusconi I Cabinet as ministers : Roberto Maroni ( who had become the federal partys number two , after Bossi ) , Vito Gnutti and Speroni . The break-up of the coalition supporting the government led Negri and others to defect to the Federalist Italian League , while Maroni , despite disagreements with Bossi , chose to stay in the party . Negri was replaced as secretary by Roberto Calderoli , who , as president , had evicted him from the party , despite being his brother-in-law . Calderoli led the party to its best result up to that point in the 1996 general election , when it gained 25.5% . After the 2000 regional election , the party joined the regional government and has since been a member of it , with no exceptions . After the 2001 general election , three LL members joined Berlusconi II Cabinet as ministers : Bossi , Maroni and Roberto Castelli . In 2002 Calderoli was replaced by Giancarlo Giorgetti , while Castelli became president . In the 2010 regional election the party gained 26.2% , its best result so far . Leadership of Salvini . In 2002 Giorgetti decided to step down from national secretary and the party elected its new leadership at a congress in June . Matteo Salvini ran as candidate of the faction around Roberto Maroni , while Cesarino Monti was the candidate of the old guard and of Bossis loyalists . Salvini won the election with 74% of the votes , that is to say the support of 403 delegates out of 532 . Soon after , Giorgetti was appointed national president . In July 2012 Maroni was elected federal secretary of the LN by its federal congress . The Lombard delegates elected six members to the federal council : Giacomo Stucchi , Paolo Grimoldi , Andrea Mascetti , Gianni Fava , Simona Bordonali , and , on behalf of the minority , Marco Desiderati . In the 2013 regional election Maroni was elected President of Lombardy with 42.8% of the vote . Leadership of Grimoldi . In November 2013 Salvini succeeded to Maroni as Lega Nords federal secretary and , later on , he appointed a federal commissioner , Stefano Borghesi , to fill the post . Borghesi was later replaced by Grimoldi . In November 2015 Grimoldi was elected national secretary of the party . In May 2017 , after Salvinis re-election as LN federal secretary , five LL members ( Bordonali , Fabrizio Cecchetti , Giulio De Capitani , Simona Pergreffi and Jacopo Vignati ) were elected to the federal council with Salvini , a sixth ( Giorgetti ) was elected as an independent and a seventh ( Gianni Fava ) on behalf of the minority . In December Stucchi was elected president of LL , replacing Giorgetti , who whose more and more involved at the federal level as deputy of Salvini . In the 2018 regional election LLs Attilio Fontana was elected President of Lombardy with 49.8% of the vote and the party obtained 29.4% . Popular support . The party has its heartland in the northern and mountain provinces of Lombardy . In the 2018 regional election it won 45.8% in Sondrio , 34.4% in Brescia , 36.7% in Bergamo , 33.4% in Lecco , 32.6% in Como and 30.9% in Varese ( the partys cradle and original stronghold ) . However , the party obtained good results also in southern provinces , notably 33.4% in Lodi and 33.0% in Cremona . The electoral results of Lega Lombarda in the region since 1989 are shown in the tables below . Leadership . <onlyinclude> - National Secretary : Umberto Bossi ( 1984–1993 ) , Luigi Negri ( 1993–1995 ) , Roberto Calderoli ( 1995–2002 ) , Giancarlo Giorgetti ( 2002–2012 ) , Matteo Salvini ( 2012–2014 ) , Stefano Borghesi ( federal commissioner , 2014–2015 ) , Paolo Grimoldi ( 2015–present ) - National President : Augusto Arizzi ( 1986–1987 ) , Silvana Bazzan ( 1987–1989 ) , Franco Castellazzi ( 1989–1991 ) , Francesco Speroni ( 1991–1993 ) , Roberto Calderoli ( 1993–1995 ) , Giuseppe Leoni ( 1995–1999 ) , Stefano Galli ( 1999–2002 ) , Roberto Castelli ( 2002–2012 ) , Giancarlo Giorgetti ( 2012–2017 ) , Giacomo Stucchi ( 2017–present ) </onlyinclude> External links . - Official website