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