Valerio Zanone

Valerio Zanone (22 January 1936 – 7 January 2016) was an Italian politician, who was formerly secretary and president of the Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI). He was also a senator for the Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD), and was mayor of Turin from 1990 to 1992.

Valerio Zanone
Mayor of Turin
In office 30 July 1990 – 11 February 1992
Preceded by	Maria Magnani Noya
Succeeded by	Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa
Ministerial offices Minister of Defence In office 28 July 1987 – 22 July 1989 Prime Minister Giovanni Goria Ciriaco De Mita Preceded by Remo Gaspari Succeeded by Mino Martinazzoli Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship In office 1 August 1986 – 3 March 1987 Prime Minister Bettino Craxi Preceded by Renato Altissimo Succeeded by Franco Piga Minister of the Environment In office 30 July 1984 – 1 August 1986 Prime Minister Bettino Craxi Preceded by Alfredo Biondi Succeeded by Francesco De Lorenzo
Parliamentary offices Member of the Senate of the Republic In office 27 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 Constituency Lombardy Member of the Chamber of Deputies In office 23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994 Constituency Turin In office 5 July 1976 – 8 November 1990 Constituency Turin
Personal details
Born	(1936-01-22)22 January 1936 Turin, Italy
Died	7 January 2016(2016-01-07) (aged 79) Rome, Italy
Political party	PLI (1955–1993) ULD (1993–1995) FdL (1995-2004) DL (2004–2007) PD (2007–2010) ApI (2010–2016)

Biography

Zanone was born in Turin. He graduated in philosophy from the University of Turin. After entering the Italian Liberal Party, he was a regional councillor in Piedmont, and was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1994. In the same year he was first elected as a deputy, Zanone was appointed as national secretary of the PLI, and was later president of the same.

In 1985, Zanone was appointed Minister of Ecology in the first Bettino Craxi cabinet, and was Minister of Industry during Craxi's second tenure (1986–87) and Minister of Defence in the Goria and De Mita cabinets (1987–89). He was mayor of Turin for a year and a half (1990–92).

After the Tangentopoli scandal and the dissolution of the PLI in 1993, Zanone formed a centre-left movement in Piedmont, the Liberal Democratic Union (Unione Liberaldemocratica; ULD). Later, he participated in the foundation of the L'Ulivo coalition, and adhered to The Daisy (La Margherita; DL) centre party.

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1970	Regional Council of Piedmont	Turin		PLI	6,254	Y Elected
1975	Regional Council of Piedmont	Turin		PLI	5,511	Y Elected
1976	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	14,665	Y Elected
1979	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	19,821	Y Elected
1983	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	27,844	Y Elected
1987	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	14,005	Y Elected
1992	Chamber of Deputies	Turin–Novara–Vercelli		PLI	18,419	Y Elected
2006	Senate of the Republic	Lombardy		DL	–[a]	Y Elected

1. Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.

External links

• Page at Italian Senate website (in Italian)