Carlo Vizzini

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Carlo Vizzini (born 28 April 1947, in Palermo) is an Italian politician.

Political life

Vizzini was Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party from 1992 to 1993, Minister of Mails, and Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities (1987–88), and was a member of the Italian Senate from Sicily for Forza Italia and latterly The People of Freedom (PdL). Vizzini was a leading member of one of Forza Italia's social-democratic factions, a group known as the Reformist Inititiative Circles. The faction was succeeded by the social-democratic European Reformists when Forza Italian merged in the PdL. In 1992, as leader of the Social Democrats Italian, Italian is one of the three founders (along with Bettino Craxi and Achille Occhetto) of the Party of European Socialists.

He was a member of the Italian Antimafia Commission from 2001-2009. In 2008 he became vice president of the Commission, but relinquished his position in June 2009 after being accused of having been bribed by Massimo Ciancimino (has declared publicly and in judicial proceedings do not know him), the son of Vito Ciancimino, former mayor of Palermo convicted for membership of the Mafia. He is charged with aiding and abetting Cosa Nostra. On 7 January 2013, the Prosecutor of Palermo formally requested that the storage of the investigation opened against the senator. ^[1]

In November 2011 Vizzini left the PdL and joined the Italian Socialist Party.^[2]^[3]

References

External links

Carlo Vizzini page at the Italian Senate site

Preceded by Antonio Cariglia	Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1992-1993	Succeeded by Enrico Ferri

v t e Craxi I Cabinet (1983–1986)

Forlani Romita/Vizzini Granelli Forte/Fortuna Scotti/Zamberletti Biondi/Valerio Zanone Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Martinazzoli Longo/Craxi/Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Altissimo Degan Capria Carta Darida De Michelis Gullotti Lagorio

v t e Craxi II Cabinet (1986–1987)

Forlani Vizzini Granelli Fabbri Zamberletti Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Zanone Donat-Cattin Formica Degan Darida Gullotti De Michelis Capria De Lorenzo

v t e Goria Cabinet (1987–1988)

Amato Gunnella Iervolino La Pergola Gaspari Ruberti Santuz Tognoli Mattarella Andreotti Fanfani Vassalli Colombo Gava Zanone Galloni De Rose Pandolfi Mannino Mammì Battaglia Donat-Cattin Ruggiero Prandini Vizzini Carraro Ruffolo Formica

v t e Andreotti VI Cabinet (1989–1991)

Martelli Maccanico Iervolino Romita Lattanzio Gaspari Misasi Marongiu Conte Sterpa Gava De Michelis Scotti Vassalli Formica Cirino Pomicino Carli Martinazzoli Rognoni Mattarella Bianco Prandini Mannino Saccomandi Bernini Mammì Battaglia De Lorenzo Ruggiero Vizzini Fracanzani Piga Donat-Cattin Facchiano Carraro Tognoli Ruffolo Ruberti

v t e Andreotti VII Cabinet (1991–1992)

Martelli D'Onofrio Iervolino Romita Capria Gaspari Mannino Boniver Conte Sterpa Martinazzoli De Michelis Scotti Cirino Pomicino Formica Carli Rognoni Misasi Prandini Goria Bernini Vizzini Bodrato De Lorenzo Facchiano Marini Tognoli Ruberti Ruffolo Lattanzio

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Name	Vizzini, Carlo
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Short description	Italian politician
Date of birth	April 28, 1947
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