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 theSenate of the Republic In office 27 April 2006 – 28 April 2008 Constituency Lombardy Member of theChamber 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)

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

Zanone was born inTurin. He graduated in philosophy from theUniversity of Turin. After entering the Italian Liberal Party, he was a regional councillor inPiedmont, and was a member of theItalian 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 firstBettino Craxi cabinet, and was Minister of Industry duringCraxi's second tenure (1986–87) and Minister of Defence in theGoria andDe Mita cabinets (1987–89). He was mayor of Turin for a year and a half (1990–92).

After theTangentopoli 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 theL'Ulivo coalition, and adhered toThe Daisy (La Margherita; DL) centre party.

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

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