Willer Bordon
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
[edit]Bordon was born in Muggia, Province of Trieste, on 16 January 1949.[1]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Bordon died at the age of 66 on 14 July 2015.[9]
Electoral history
[edit]Election | House | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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1987 | Chamber of Deputies | Trieste | PCI | 5,279 | ![]() | |
1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Trieste | PDS | 10,552 | ![]() | |
1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Suzzara | AD | 37,838 | ![]() | |
1996 | Chamber of Deputies | Rome – Ciampino | UD | 43,067 | ![]() | |
2001 | Senate of the Republic | Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Trieste | Dem | 58,585 | ![]() | |
2006 | Senate of the Republic | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | DL | –[a] | ![]() |
- ^ Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.
Source:[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]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