Valerio Zanone

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Valerio Zanone (born 22 January 1936) is an Italian politician, who was secretary and president of the Italian Liberal Party. He was also a senator of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Zanone was born in Turin.

He graduated in philosophy at the University of Turin. After entering the Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano, PLI), he was regional councellor in Piedmont, and then member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1976 (being confirmed until 1994). In 1976 he was appointed as national secretary of PLI, and was later president of the same.

In 1985 Zanone was appointed a Minister of Ecology in the first Bettino Craxi cabinet, and later was Minister of Industry under Craxi's second tenure (1986–1987), and Minister of Defence in Giovanni Goria and Ciriaco De Mita cabinets (1987–1989). He was also mayor of Turin for a year and a half (1990–1991).

After the Tangentopoli scandal and the dissolution of PLI, he formed a centre-left movement in Piedmont (Unione Liberaldemocratica). Later he participated in the foundation of L'Ulivo coalition and adhered to the The Daisy centre party.

External links

Page at Italian Senate website (Italian)

Italian Senate
Preceded by Title jointly held	Senator Legislatures: XV 2006–2008	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy Legislatures VII, VIII, IX, X 1976–1990	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Preceded by Title jointly held	Deputy Legislatures: XI 1992–1994	Succeeded by Title jointly held
Political offices
Preceded by Maria Magnani Noya	Mayor of Turin 1990–1991	Succeeded by Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa
Party political offices
Preceded by Agostino Bignardi	Secretary of Italian Liberal Party 1976–1985	Succeeded by Alfredo Biondi

v t e Craxi I Cabinet (1983–1986)

Forlani Romita/Vizzini Granelli Forte/Fortuna Scotti/Zamberletti Biondi/Valerio Zanone Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Martinazzoli Longo/Craxi/Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Altissimo Degan Capria Carta Darida De Michelis Gullotti Lagorio

v t e Craxi II Cabinet (1986–1987)

Forlani Vizzini Granelli Fabbri Zamberletti Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Zanone Donat-Cattin Formica Degan Darida Gullotti De Michelis Capria De Lorenzo

v t e Goria Cabinet (1987–1988)

Amato Gunnella Iervolino La Pergola Gaspari Ruberti Santuz Tognoli Mattarella Andreotti Fanfani Vassalli Colombo Gava Zanone Galloni De Rose Pandolfi Mannino Mammì Battaglia Donat-Cattin Ruggiero Prandini Vizzini Carraro Ruffolo Formica

v t e De Mita Cabinet (1988–1989)

De Michelis Maccanico Iervolino Lattanzio La Pergola Cirino Pomicino Gaspari Mattarella Tognoli Andreotti Gava Vassalli Fanfani Colombo Amato Zanone Galloni Ferri Mannino Mammì Santuz Battaglia Donat-Cattin Ruggiero Prandini Formica Fracanzani Bono Parrino Carraro Ruffolo Ruberti

Persondata
Name	Zanone, Valerio
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Date of birth	22 January 1936
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Date of death
Place of death

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