Vincenzo Scotti
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Vincenzo Scotti
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| In office June 28, 1992 – July 29, 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by | Gianni De Michelis |
| Succeeded by | Giuliano Amato |
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| In office October 16, 1990 – June 28, 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Giulio Andreotti |
| Preceded by | Antonio Gava |
| Succeeded by | Nicola Mancino |
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| Born | September 16, 1933  Naples, Italy |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Political party | Democrazia Cristiana |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Vincenzo Scotti (born September 16, 1933 in Naples) is an Italian politician and member of Christian Democracy (DC). Together with Arnaldo Forlani and Antonio Gava, he was one of the leader of DC's current called "Dorotea". He was Minister of the Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[edit] Biography
Born in Naples, in 1955 he graduated in economics at the Università di Roma La Sapienza.
In his early career he was responsible for Centre for Research of the Workers union CISL. In 1968 Scotti was elected as Deputy for the Christian Democracy in the Italian Parliament. Later he was Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities (1981-82), member of the Finance Commission to the House of Deputies, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Budget, Labour Minister, Minister for Coordination of European Community Policies, Minister of Art & Cultural Heritage and the Environment, Minister of Civil Protections, President of the Parliamentary Group for the Christian Democrats to the House of Deputies (the largest group of the Italian parliament with 230 deputies)
Despite Scotti's alleged contact with the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia (see Legal issues section), during his mandate as Minister of Interior (1990-1992) laws which permitted the police authorities and the magistrates to act against the Mafia organisation were promulgated. In collaboration with judge Giovanni Falcone and US attorney Rudy Giuliani, he founded the DIA (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia), a specialised anti-mafia police force.
As Ministry of Foreign Affair, he participated in the G7 meeting in Munich which focused on the Yugoslavian crisis and represented the Prime Minister in the meetings of the Heads of Governments of the CSCE, during which the embargo of Yugoslavia and as president of the UEO was responsible for the organisation of the patrolling of international waters by Italian armed forces.
From 1969 to 1995 he taught, as professor in Development Economics, at the LUISS, a private university in Rome, Italy.
Currently, he is President of Link Campus University, the Italian branch of the University of Malta.
[edit] Legal issues
Scotti was one of the most important DC's figures in Campania. In the 1980s, together with many other members of the party, he was involved in the financial scandal which followed the reconstruction after the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, but was later acquitted due of statute of limitation. Together with that of Antonio Gava, his name was also made in the obscure kidnapping and liberation of DC member Ciro Cirillo by the Italian Red Brigades terrorist group. Scotti allegedly met Camorra boss Raffaele Cutolo in the prison at Ascoli Piceno in order to arrange to pay the ransom with Camorra money.[1]
Scotti was accused of corruption in other scandals regarding garbage management and the works for 1990 Football World Cup, but was acquitted. A sentence from Italy's Court of Accounts condemned him to pay 2,995,450 Euros for having the Italian state buy a building in Rome at a swollen price, in order to create cash for SISDE, Italy's secret service.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ La trattativa. L'Unità. 1990.
- ^ Travaglio, Marco; Peter, Gomez. Se li conosci li eviti. ISBN 978-88-61-90054-7.
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| Preceded by Title jointly held |
Deputy for Naples 1968 – 1984 |
Succeeded by Title jointly held |
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| Preceded by Salvatore Lima |
Undersecretary to the Italian Minister of Balance 1976 – 1978 |
Succeeded by Lucio Gustavo Abis |
| Preceded by Tina Anselmi |
Italian Minister of Labour 1978 – 1980 |
Succeeded by Franco Foschi |
| New title | Italian Minister of European Affairs 1980 – 1981 |
Succeeded by Lucio Gustavo Abis |
| Preceded by Oddo Biasini |
Italian Minister of Culture 1981 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Nicola Vernola |
| Preceded by Michele Di Giesi |
Italian Minister of Labour 1982 – 1983 |
Succeeded by Gianni De Michelis |
| Preceded by Loris Fortuna |
Italian Minister of Civil Defense 1983 – 1984 |
Succeeded by Giuseppe Zamberletti |
| Preceded by Francesco Picardi |
Mayor of Naples 1984 |
Succeeded by Mario Forte |
| Preceded by Antonio Gava |
Italian Minister of the Interior 1990 – 1992 |
Succeeded by Nicola Mancino |
| Preceded by Gianni De Michelis |
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1992 |
Succeeded by Giuliano Amato |
| Preceded by Vittorio Craxi, Famiano Crucianelli, Donato Di Santo, Gianni Vernetti |
Undersecretary to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 2008 – present Served alongside: Stefania Craxi, Alfredo Mantica |
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