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.
Career Bordon was the mayor of Muggia for eleven years. In 1987, he was elected to the Italian parliament, being a deputy for Trieste. He founded Democratic Alliance, a small centre-left party, in 1992. He resigned from the party in June 1994 following the poor achievement in the general election. Later he joined the Margherita party. From 1998 to 1999 he served as the minister for public works. He was appointed minister of environment to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato in April 2000. Bordon replaced Edo Ronchi as minister of environment.
Bordon also served as the member of the Italian Senate. In 2008 Bordon retired from the Senate. After leaving politics, he became the president of the Enalg SpA. In addition, he also began to work as a professor of political science at La Sapienza University.
Death Bordon died at the age of 66 on 14 July 2015.
Electoral history
ElectionHouseConstituencyPartyVotesResult 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 – Elected
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