Altero Matteoli

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

Altero Matteoli
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
In office 7 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Antonio Di Pietro (as Minister of infrastructures) Alessandro Bianchi (as Minister of transports)
Succeeded by	Corrado Passera
Minister of the Environment
In office 11 June 2001 – 17 May 2006
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Willer Bordon
Succeeded by	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio
In office 11 May 1994 – 17 January 1995
Prime Minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Preceded by	Valdo Spini
Succeeded by	Paolo 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
Died	18 December 2017(2017-12-18) (aged 77) Capalbio, Tuscany
Nationality	Italian
Political party	MSI (1983–1995) AN (1995–2008) PdL (2008–2013) FI (2013–2017)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Political career

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]