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{{Short description|Italian politician (1940–2017)}}
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|name               = Altero Matteoli
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|office             =[[Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy)|Minister of Infrastructure and Transport]]
|term_start         =7 May 2008
|term_end           =16 November 2011
|primeminister      = [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
|predecessor        =[[Antonio Di Pietro]] (as [[Italian Minister of Infrastructures|Minister of infrastructures]])<br />[[Alessandro Bianchi (politician, born 1945)|Alessandro Bianchi]] (as [[Italian Minister of Transports|Minister of transports]])
|successor          =[[Corrado Passera]]
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|office2            = [[Italian Minister of the Environment|Minister of the Environment]]
|term_start2        = 11 June 2001
|term_end2          = 17 May 2006
|primeminister2     = [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
|predecessor2       = [[Willer Bordon]]
|successor2         = [[Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio]]
|term_start3        = 11 May 1994
|term_end3          = 17 January 1995
|primeminister3     = [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
|predecessor3       = [[Valdo Spini]]
|successor3         = [[Paolo Baratta]]
|office4         = Member of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate]]
|term_start4     = 28 April 2006 
|term_end4       = 18 December 2017
|office5          = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]]
|term_start5     = 12 July 1983
|term_end5       = 27 April 2006
|birth_date         = {{Birth date|1940|9|8|df=y}}
|birth_place        = [[Cecina, Tuscany]]
|death_date         = {{Death date and age|2017|12|18|1940|9|8|df=y}}
|death_place        = [[Capalbio]], Tuscany
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|nationality        =Italian
|party              =[[Italian Social Movement|MSI]] {{small|(1983–1995)}}<br>[[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]] {{small|(1995–2008)}}<br>[[The People of Freedom|PdL]] {{small|(2008–2013)}}<br>[[Forza Italia (2013)|FI]] {{small|(2013–2017)}}
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'''Altero Matteoli''' (8 September 1940 – 18 December 2017) was an Italian politician.

==Political career==
Born in [[Cecina, Tuscany|Cecina]], he has been a member of the [[Italian Social Movement]] and [[National Alliance (Italy)|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/12/18/news/capalbio_l_ex_ministro_altero_matteoli_ferito_in_un_incidente_stradale-184494652|title=E' morto Altero Matteoli, l'ex ministro deceduto in un incidente stradale|trans-title=Altero Matteoli has died, the former minister killed in a motor vehicle accident|language=it|work=[[la Repubblica]]|date=18 December 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|it}} [http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Attsen/00001526.htm Personal profile at the Senate of the Republic website]
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[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Cecina, Tuscany]]
[[Category:Italian Social Movement politicians]]
[[Category:National Alliance (Italy) politicians]]
[[Category:The People of Freedom politicians]]
[[Category:Forza Italia politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Tuscany]]
[[Category:Ministers of the environment of Italy]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Italy]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Tuscany]]


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