Roberto Maroni

Roberto Ernesto Maroni (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto maˈroːni]; born 15 March 1955) is an Italian politician from Varese, former President of Lombardy. He was leader of the Northern League, a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. From 1992–2013 he was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic, always elected in Lombard constituencies. He was Interior Minister of the Italian Republic from 1994–95, and from 2008–11.