Farewell to former environment minister Willer Bordon – Il Sole 24 Ore

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He died this morning at the age of 66 years, the former environment minister Willer Bordon. Mayor of Muggia (Trieste) for 10 years, was read for the first time in Parliament in 1987 in the ranks of the Communist Party. After joining the Democratic Party of the Left, in 1993, with Ferdinando Adornato, contributed to the birth of a new party “liberal” center-left, the Democratic Alliance, founded by Mario Segni, who after the victory of the referendum election pointed to Birth of a bipolar majority system.

He later participated in many political adventures including the founding of Italy of values ​​and Democrats. He then joined the Margherita, except leave it in September 2007. The January 16, 2008, the day of his birthday, as he had announced exactly one year before, resigned as senator. Between 1998 and 2001 he was Undersecretary for Cultural Heritage during the Prodi government, Minister of Public Works during the government D’Alema II and environment minister during the government Amato II. After the abandonment of the policy has been a university lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science, University “La Sapienza” of Rome, and has undertaken various business activities, many of which in the field of renewable energy. He was a founding partner, president and CEO of Enalg, company production of biofuels from algal biomass

Condolences in the political world. “Willer Bordon has been a close friend and a political race. It was not a quick change, if anything, an innovator. He always beat new paths, looking tune with the citizens. He knew grasp, like few others, the new that matured in the country, “wrote Ettore Rosato, president of the Democratic Party deputies, Friuli like him. “I remember with affection Willer Bordon was a real politician, sharp and tenacious. By Minister of the Environment, as well as throughout his career in other roles of Government, in Parliament and from the teacher, he showed great skill and sensitivity on environmental issues. ” So in a note Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti. I moved even the memory of Beppe Grillo, who wrote on his blog: “Resigned senator, who died from a clean record: a unique case in Italy. Today has died my friend Willer Bordon. I remember him for his great intellectual honesty. ”

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