Willer Bordon
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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 | 16 January 1949 |
| Died | 14 July 2015 (aged 66) |
| 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.
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]
