Willer Bordon

Willer Bordon
Willer Bordon
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; Muggia, Free Territory of Trieste
Died	14 July 2015 (aged 66); Rome, Italy
Party	List PR (1987–1989); PCI (1989–1991); PDS (1991–1993); AD (1993–1996); UD (1996–1998); IdV (1998–1999); The Democrats (1999–2002); DL (2002–2007) ; UDpC (2007–2015) ;

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		Votes	Result
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Trieste	PCI	5,279	Y Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Trieste	PDS	10,552	Y Elected
1994	Chamber of Deputies	Suzzara	AD	37,838	Y Elected
1996	Chamber of Deputies	Rome – Ciampino	UD	43,067	Y Elected
2001	Senate of the Republic	Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Trieste	Dem	58,585	Y Elected
2006	Senate of the Republic	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	DL	–^[a]	Y Elected

↑ Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

Source:^[11]

References

↑ "Willer Bordon". Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
1 2 3 4 "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.
1 2 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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
1 2 3 "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.
↑ "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT". Eligendo (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2026.

External links

Media related to Willer Bordon at Wikimedia Commons

[fn1-11] Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

[1] "Willer Bordon". Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

[ens-2] 1 2 3 4 "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.

[ale27apr-6] 1 2 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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

[ansa-9] 1 2 3 "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.

[12] "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT". Eligendo (in Italian). Retrieved 5 August 2026.

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