Career
Having joined Liga Veneta in 1991, he was elected to the Municipal Council of Verona in 1994 at the age of 25. From 1997 to 2003 he was also provincial secretary of Liga Veneta for the Province of Verona. In the meantime, in the 2000 regional election he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto, where he was floor leader of Liga Veneta for two years.
After being the most voted candidate in the 2005 regional election (more than 28,000 preference votes), he was appointed regional health minister for the Veneto Region. Aged 36, he was one of the rising stars of the new generation of Lega Nord in Veneto, alongside Luca Zaia and Federico Bricolo.
In late 2006 Tosi launched his bid for Mayor of Verona. Initially he was supported only by his party, but then, thanks to the excellent support in opinion polls, he was able to threw behind himself the whole centre-right coalition from National Alliance to the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, from the Christian Democracy for Autonomies to Forza Italia. On 28 May 2007 he was elected Mayor of Verona by a large margin: 60.8% to 33.9% of the incumbent Paolo Zanotto. Verona is the second largest Italian city ever ruled by Lega Nord, the first one being Milan, ruled by Marco Formentini from 1993 to 1997. He has since been one of the most popular mayors in Italy with approval ratings around 65-75%.
On 20 July 2008 Tosi was elected president of Liga Veneta.
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