Adriana Poli Bortone (born 25 August 1943) is an

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who was a

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from 1999 to 2008. She represented Southern Italy. She was mayor of Lecce until 2007.

Biography

Born in Lecce, she became Assistant lecturer in

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literature at the University of Lecce in 1965. In 1985 she became an associate professor in the same subject. From 1967 to 1998 she was Member of Lecce

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and from 1981 to 1990 National secretary for women of the Italian Social Movement. From 1990 to 2000 she also was Member of the national executive of MSI and subsequently of National Alliance. She was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies in 1983 and in 1994 she was appointed for a month Vice President of the Chamber. In 1994 she also served as Agriculture Minister in the

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. In 1998 she was elected

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of Lecce, and she was re-confirmed in 2002. In the

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she was elected MEP with AN, while in the 2008 general election she was elected to the Senate with

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. In 2009 she left the PdL to found her party, named I the South. In the 2013 general election she was candidate for the Senate in Apulia with Great South, but she wasn't re-elected. In 2014 Adriana Poli Bortone joined

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, but she left the party in 2015, when Forza Italia nominated her for the regional election in Apulia, while FdI decided to support the candidacy of Francesco Schittulli. Finally, she gained the 14% of the votes and she wasn't even elected in the Regional Council. Subsequently, on 29 February 2016, she declared to join Forza Italia. In 2019 she left Forza Italia and joined the neo-fascist party

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. In 2022 she switched to Italexit, a Eurosceptic party led by journalist

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CV of Adriana Poli Bortone

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poli Bortone, Adriana 1943 births Living people People from Lecce National Alliance (Italy) MEPs Tricolour Flame politicians Forza Italia (2013) politicians The People of Freedom politicians National Alliance (Italy) politicians Italian Social Movement politicians MEPs for Italy 2004–2009 MEPs for Italy 1999–2004 20th-century women MEPs for Italy 21st-century women MEPs for Italy University of Salento faculty Mayors of Lecce Women mayors of places in Italy