Adriana Poli Bortone (born 25 August 1943) is an Italian politician who was a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2008.[1] She represented Southern Italy. She was mayor of Lecce from 1998 to 2007 and since 2024.[2]
Biography
Born in Lecce, she became Assistant lecturer in Latin literature at the University of Lecce in 1965. In 1985, she became an associate professor of the same subject. From 1967 to 1998, she was a member of the Lecce Municipal Council and, from 1981 to 1990, National secretary for women of the Italian Social Movement. From 1990 to 2000, she was also a member of the national executive of MSI and, subsequently, the National Alliance. Poli Bortone was elected for the first time to the Chamber of Deputies in 1983, and in 1994, she was appointed for a month as Vice President of the Chamber. In 1994, she also served as Agriculture Minister in the Berlusconi I Cabinet. In 1998, she was elected mayor of Lecce and re-confirmed in 2002.
In the 1999 European Parliament election, Poli Bortone was elected MEP with AN, while in the 2008 general election, she was elected to the Senate with The People of Freedom. In 2009, she left the PdL to find her party, I the South. In the 2013 general election, she was a candidate for the Senate in Apulia with Great South but wasn't re-elected. In 2014, Poli Bortone joined Brothers of Italy,[3] but left the party in 2015, when Forza Italia nominated her for the regional election in Apulia, while FdI decided to support the candidacy of Francesco Schittulli. Finally, she gained 14% of the votes and wasn't elected to the Regional Council. Subsequently, on 29 February 2016, she declared her intention to join Forza Italia.[4]
In 2019, Poli Bortone left Forza Italia and joined the neo-fascist party Tricolour Flame.[5] In 2022 she switched to Italexit, a Eurosceptic party led by journalist Gianluigi Paragone.[6]
External links
Media related to Adriana Poli Bortone at Wikimedia Commons- Personal profile of Adriana Poli Bortone in the European Parliament's database of members
- CV of Adriana Poli Bortone
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References
- ^ "Adriana POLI BORTONE". European Parliament website. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "Biogpraphia". Adriana Poli Bortone website. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Poli Bortone: “Con Fratelli d’Italia per una destra più forte”. Meloni: “Orgogliosi di averla con noi”[permanent dead link]
- ^ La svolta si Adriana: "Entro in Forza Italia"
- ^ "Ritorno alle origini: Adriana Poli Bortone in aula per Fiamma Tricolore". LeccePrima (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "L'ultima strambata di Poli Bortone: "Accordo con Italexit. Delusa da Fdi, usa la fiamma ma ha cancellato radici"". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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