Valerio Zanone

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.

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.

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.