Curriculum vitae Sergio BERLATO

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1978 : Diploma in accountancy

Professional career

• 2019-2021 : National Chair of the Foundation for Rural Culture (non-profit)
• 2019-2021 : National Chair of the Confederation of Italian Hunting Associations
• 2019-2021 : Chair of the Veneto Hunters’ Association
• 2019-... : National Chair of the Association for the Defence and Promotion of Rural Culture

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 17/03/2007 : Chair of Alleanza Nazionale for the province of Vicenza
• 12/02/2012 : Coordinator of Popolo della Libertà for the province of Vicenza
• 2016-2020 : Regional coordinator of Fratelli d’Italia for the Veneto region (role assigned by Giorgia Meloni)

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 1990-1994 : Coordinator of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)
• 1995 : re-elected to the Veneto Regional Council as the regional councillor having received the most votes among all candidates of all parties
• 31/05/2015 : re-elected to the Veneto Regional Council as the regional councillor having received the most votes among all candidates of all parties

Offices held in regional government bodies

• 1994-1995 : Member of the regional executive of Veneto
• 1995-1999 : Member of the regional executive with responsibility for farming, forestry, the mountain economy, management of wildlife resources, hunting and fishing

Offices held in a national government

• 2001-2006 : Special adviser to Minister Gianni Alemanno at the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policy

Offices held in an international political party organisation or an international trade union organisation

• 1999-2004 : Coordinator of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)
• 2004-2009 : Coordinator of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)
• 2009-2014 : Coordinator of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 06/1999 : elected to the European Parliament for the first time; member of the Committee on Agriculture in the European Parliament; coordinator of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN)
• 06/2004 : re-elected to the European Parliament, securing a significantly higher number of votes than the already considerable number achieved in the previous elections to the European Parliament in 1999; member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2004-2009 parliamentary term); coordinator, for the agricultural sector, of all European delegations belonging to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group (UEN); Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture, unanimously elected in recognition of the commitment shown, and sole representative of all Mediterranean countries in the Bureau; member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health, Food Safety and Consumer Policy
• 07/06/2009 : elected to the European Parliament for the third time, with a further increase in the number of personal votes; Deputy head of the Italian Popolo della Libertà delegation to the European People’s Party; promoted and supported the formation of the Coordination for the Defence and Promotion of Rural Culture and the establishment of the Association for the Defence and Promotion of Rural Culture (non-profit) and the Foundation for Rural Culture (non-profit)
• 06/2019 : elected to the European Parliament for the fourth time, taking office on 1 February 2020; currently a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, which is responsible for hunting, amongst other things; Substitute member of the Committee on International Trade and member of the Delegation for relations with Maghreb countries and the Maghreb Union

Other activities

• born in Marano Vicentino (Vicenza) on 27 July 1959; married to Nicoletta Brigato since 1984, with two daughters, Sara and Cristina; grandfather of Beatrice and Vittoria, daughters of Sara and Vincenzo, and of Alessandro, son of Cristina and Giovanni; military service in the Alpine Corps; particularly interested in everything related to the proper management of wildlife and environmental heritage; a passionate hunter, as well as fisherman, and therefore a true environmentalist; believes that environmentalism must be practised, not just preached; great commitment to a number of associations and the voluntary sector; national Chair of the Association for the Defence and Promotion of Rural Culture former national Chair of the Foundation for Rural Culture (non-profit); former Chair of the Veneto Hunters’ Association – CONFAVI; former national Chair of the Confederation of Italian Hunting Associations