Willer Bordon | |
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Minister of Environment | |
In office 25 April 2000 – 11 June 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
Preceded by | Edo Ronchi |
Succeeded by | Altero Matteoli |
Minister of Public Works | |
In office 22 December 1999 – 25 April 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Massimo D'Alema |
Preceded by | Enrico Luigi Micheli |
Succeeded by | Nerio Nesi |
Member of the Senate of the Republic | |
In office 30 May 2001 – 28 April 2008 | |
Constituency | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 2 July 1987 – 29 May 2001 | |
Constituency | Trieste (1987–1994) Suzzara (1994–1996) Rome (1996–2001) |
Personal details | |
Born | Muggia, Free Territory of Trieste | 16 January 1949
Died | 14 July 2015 Rome, Italy | (aged 66)
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | |
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
Bordon was born in Muggia, Province of Trieste, on 16 January 1949.[1]
Career
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
Bordon died at the age of 66 on 14 July 2015.[9]
Electoral history
Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Trieste | PCI | 5,279 | Elected | |
1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Trieste | PDS | 10,552 | Elected | |
1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Suzzara | AD | 37,838 | Elected | |
1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome – Ciampino | UD | 43,067 | Elected | |
2001 | Senate of the Republic | Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Trieste | Dem | 58,585 | Elected | |
2006 | Senate of the Republic | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | DL | –[a] | Elected |
- ^ Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
Source:[11]
References
- ^ "Willer Bordon". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Italian Greens Lose Environment Ministry". Environment News Service. Rome. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Carol Mershon; Gianfranco Pasquino (1995). Italian Politics: Ending the First Republic. Boulder, CA: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-8893-9.
- ^ Richard L. Wentworth (15 June 1994). "Italy's Left Crumbles After European Voting". The Christian Science Monitor. Rome. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ ""RAI With Ketchup" Jibe at Italian Premier's Media Menu". The Guardian. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Italian prime minister sworn in". BBC. 26 April 2000. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Bernd Bergman (18 November 2007). "Government survival is in Dini's hands". l'Occidentale. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "Willer Bordon, former minister, dies". Ansa. Rome. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Agreement between Alitalia and Solena Group". AvioNews. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ Ministry of the Interior
External links
- Media related to Willer Bordon at Wikimedia Commons
- 21st-century Italian businesspeople
- 1949 births
- 2015 deaths
- Democratic Party of the Left politicians
- Democratic Alliance (Italy) politicians
- Democratic Union (Italy) politicians
- Italian political party founders
- Italian Communist Party politicians
- Italy of Values politicians
- The Democrats (Italy) politicians
- Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians
- Environment ministers of Italy
- Mayors of places in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Deputies of Legislature X of Italy
- Members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)
- People from Muggia
- Radical Party (Italy) politicians
- Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome
- Ministers of public works of Italy