Altero Matteoli (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician.
Political career
Born in
Cecina, he has been a member of the
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement ( it, Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national ...
and
National Alliance. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 2006 and a Senator from 2006 to 2017.
He served as Minister of the Environment in the second and in the third Berlusconi Cabinet. He also served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the fourth Berlusconi Cabinet. He has been Mayor of
Orbetello
Orbetello is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is located about south of Grosseto, on the eponymous lagoon, which is home to an important Natural Reserve.
History
Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan settlemen ...
from 2006 to 2011.
He died in a car accident on 18 December 2017.
References
External links
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Personal profile at the Senate of the Republic website
1940 births
2017 deaths
People from Cecina, Tuscany
Italian Social Movement politicians
20th-century Italian politicians
National Alliance (Italy) politicians
The People of Freedom politicians
Forza Italia politicians
Politicians of Tuscany
Environment ministers of Italy
Road incident deaths in Italy
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