Antonio Gava

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Antonio Gava (born July 30, 1930 in Castellammare di Stabia , Province of Naples , † August 8, 2008 ) was an Italian politician of the Democrazia Cristiana (DC).

Life

MP and Minister

Gava came from the influential Neapolitan Gava family who, after the dismissal of Mayor Achille Lauro, had a decisive influence on the politics of Naples for many years. His father Silvio Gava was a longtime senator and minister of justice and treasury. After attending school, he studied law and after graduation ( Laurea in giurisprudenza ) worked as a lawyer and journalist . Later he was at times Full Professor of Public Finance .

He himself initially worked in provincial politics and, as President of the Province of Naples, was nicknamed "Il Padrino" (The Godfather) because of his involvement in the mismanagement of politics in the province and the city of Naples .

On May 25, 1972 he was elected as a candidate for the DC as a member of the Camera dei deputati (Chamber of Deputies) and represented the constituency of Naples until April 22, 1992 .

In the mid- 1970s he rose within the DC and was appointed head of the local government section in the party leadership by Amintore Fanfani , the party's political secretary, in 1975, although he was accused of being partly responsible for mismanagement within the city government of Naples.

On October 18, 1980 he was appointed minister without portfolio to the government of Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and was a member of this until June 28, 1981. Between August 4, 1983 and July 28, 1987, he was Minister for Post and Telecommunications in the first two governments of Bettino Craxi and in the sixth cabinet of Amintore Fanfani .

Subsequently he was finance minister in the cabinet of Giovanni Goria before he was interior minister from April 13, 1988 to October 16, 1990 .

He then became Parliamentary Director of the DC Group on October 30, 1990, and held this position until he left the Chamber of Deputies on April 22, 1992.

Senator, Decline of the DC and conviction for Mafia affiliations

On April 23, 1992 he became a member of the Senato della Repubblica (Senate) and took over the office of chairman of the Standing Committee on Constitutional Affairs between June and September 1992 . At the same time he was chairman of the DC parliamentary group in the Senate from July 1992 to March 1993.

Shortly thereafter, the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office under the name Mani pulite (Clean Hands) began investigations into gangs with the Mafia against him, but also against former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti and former Minister of Finance Paolo Cirino Pomicino and other influential DC politicians, as well as against him and former Interior Minister Vincenzo Scotti for embezzlement .

On April 14, 1994, he resigned from the Senate.

The charges and allegations against him and other top politicians ultimately contributed to the downfall of the DC and the eventual dissolution of the most influential party in Italy in the post-war period. He was later sentenced by a court to five years ' imprisonment for allegations of corruption and ties to the Mafia .

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Left shoes . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 1975 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Clean hands . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1975 ( online ).
  3. ↑ The fox in the trap . In: Der Spiegel . No. 14 , 1993 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Power on Vesuvius . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 1993 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Valeska von Roques : Always done only evil . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1995 ( online ).
  6. ↑ The endless corruption . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1993 ( online ).
  7. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Schlamp: Broken and melted: How the Italian sister party of the CDU sank in the donation swamp . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 2000 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Gava, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician (DC), member of the Camera dei deputati
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Castellammare di Stabia , Province of Naples
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2008