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

Political career

Born in

Cecina Cecina may refer to * Cecina (river), a river in Tuscany, Italy * Cecina (meat), a Spanish and Mexican culinary specialty made of beef * ''Cecina'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails in the family Pomatiopsidae * Cecina, Tuscany, Italy * C ...

, he has been a member of the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement (, 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 conservatism. In 1972, the Itali ...

and

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. 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 Lagoon of Orbetello, which is home to an important Natural Reserve. History Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan set ...

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 National Alliance (Italy) politicians The People of Freedom politicians Forza Italia politicians Politicians from Tuscany Ministers of the environment of Italy Road incident deaths in Italy Mayors of places in Tuscany {{Italy-politician-ThePeopleofFreedom-stub