Political Career
In 1995 he became Councilor for Agriculture for the Province of Treviso and in 1998 the youngest Provincial President in Italy, working in different sectors: agriculture, safety, tourism and education.
During his career as a public manager he implemented principles of economization that are concretely realized in such projects as the Strategic Plan of the Province of Treviso and a master planning project that involved major European cities including Barcelona, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Lyon, Stockholm, Seville, and Valencia.
In the March of Treviso, Zaia initiated a pilot plan for road safety that enabled Treviso—at the time the province with the highest number of road accidents—to reduce road accidents by 60 percent. Thanks to the awareness campaign on road safety the March of Treviso has claimed numerous international acknowledgments.
Zaia’s mission has always been to support territorial identities through various projects: promoting the creation of the Consorzio di tutela of the Radicchio di Treviso and the Castelfranco Veneto, by the creation of the first oenology university course in the country, and by outlining a successful master plan for the province.
From June 2005 to May 2008, while serving as Vice president of the Regional Committee of Veneto, he was in charge of the regional identity. Zaia has also been regional councilor for tourist and foreign trade policies, agricultural and zootechny policies, the rural development plans, the EU LEADER program, and economy and mountain development.
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