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Willer Bordon

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Willer Bordon
Minister of Environment
In office
25 April 2000 – 11 June 2001
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Preceded byEdo Ronchi
Succeeded byAltero Matteoli
Minister of Public Works
In office
22 December 1999 – 25 April 2000
Prime MinisterMassimo D'Alema
Preceded byEnrico Luigi Micheli
Succeeded byNerio Nesi
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
30 May 2001 – 28 April 2008
ConstituencyFriuli-Venezia Giulia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
2 July 1987 – 29 May 2001
ConstituencyTrieste (1987–1994)
Suzzara (1994–1996)
Rome (1996–2001)
Personal details
Born(1949-01-16)16 January 1949
Muggia, Free Territory of Trieste
Died14 July 2015(2015-07-14) (aged 66)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political party
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Willer Bordon (16 January 1949 – 14 July 2015) was an Italian academic, businessman and politician who served in different cabinet posts at the end of the 1990s and 2000s.

Early life

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Bordon was born in Muggia, Province of Trieste, on 16 January 1949.[1]

Career

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Bordon was the mayor of Muggia for eleven years.[2] In 1987, he was elected to the Italian parliament,[2] being a deputy for Trieste.[3] He founded Democratic Alliance, a small centre-left party, in 1992.[2] He resigned from the party in June 1994 following the poor achievement in the general election.[4] Later he joined the Margherita party.[5] From 1998 to 1999 he served as the minister for public works.[2] He was appointed minister of environment to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato in April 2000.[6] Bordon replaced Edo Ronchi as minister of environment.[6][7]

Bordon also served as the member of the Italian Senate.[8] In 2008 Bordon retired from the Senate.[9] After leaving politics, he became the president of the Enalg SpA.[10] In addition, he also began to work as a professor of political science at La Sapienza University.[9]

Death

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Bordon died at the age of 66 on 14 July 2015.[9]

Electoral history

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Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
1987 Chamber of Deputies Trieste PCI 5,279 checkY Elected
1992 Chamber of Deputies Trieste PDS 10,552 checkY Elected
1994 Chamber of Deputies Suzzara AD 37,838 checkY Elected
1996 Chamber of Deputies Rome – Ciampino UD 43,067 checkY Elected
2001 Senate of the Republic Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Trieste Dem 58,585 checkY Elected
2006 Senate of the Republic Friuli-Venezia Giulia DL –[a] checkY Elected
  1. ^ Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

Source:[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Willer Bordon". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Italian Greens Lose Environment Ministry". Environment News Service. Rome. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ^ Carol Mershon; Gianfranco Pasquino (1995). Italian Politics: Ending the First Republic. Boulder, CA: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-8893-9.
  4. ^ Richard L. Wentworth (15 June 1994). "Italy's Left Crumbles After European Voting". The Christian Science Monitor. Rome. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  5. ^ ""RAI With Ketchup" Jibe at Italian Premier's Media Menu". The Guardian. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Alessandra Stanley (27 April 2004). "Italy's New Cabinet Bears a Striking Resemblance to the Old One". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Italian prime minister sworn in". BBC. 26 April 2000. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  8. ^ Bernd Bergman (18 November 2007). "Government survival is in Dini's hands". l'Occidentale. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "Willer Bordon, former minister, dies". Ansa. Rome. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Agreement between Alitalia and Solena Group". AvioNews. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  11. ^ Ministry of the Interior
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