Altero Matteoli (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician.

Altero Matteoli
Altero Matteoli
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
In office
7 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byAntonio Di Pietro (as Minister of infrastructures)
Alessandro Bianchi (as Minister of transports)
Succeeded byCorrado Passera
Minister of the Environment
In office
11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byWiller Bordon
Succeeded byAlfonso Pecoraro Scanio
In office
11 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byValdo Spini
Succeeded byPaolo Baratta
Member of the Senate
In office
28 April 2006 – 18 December 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
12 July 1983 – 27 April 2006
Personal details
Born(1940-09-08)8 September 1940
Cecina, Tuscany
Died18 December 2017(2017-12-18) (aged 77)
Capalbio, Tuscany
NationalityItalian
Political partyMSI (1983–1995)
AN (1995–2008)
PdL (2008–2013)
FI (2013–2017)
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Political career

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Born in Cecina, he has been a member of the Italian Social Movement 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 from 2006 to 2011.

He died in a car accident on 18 December 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "E' morto Altero Matteoli, l'ex ministro deceduto in un incidente stradale" [Altero Matteoli has died, the former minister killed in a motor vehicle accident]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 18 December 2017.
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