Consigliere

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Consigliere [ Konsiʎˈʎɛːɾe ] (Italian council member , counselor ) (plural: Consiglieri ) is a term for an advisor or counselor.

Italian city ​​councils are called consiglieri , the members of the Swiss Federal Council are called the same in Italian-speaking Switzerland .

Organised crime

Building a US mafia family

Another meaning of the word is the consigliere , which works for the mafia , especially the US American La Cosa Nostra or the Sicilian Cosa Nostra . In the figurative sense, he acts as a staff position for the head of the family and, as a rule, does not exercise any direct authority. So far, no more than three active counselors per family have become known.

In the movie

In the mafia classic The Godfather , Tom Hagen (played by Robert Duvall ) is the consigliere of the Corleone family. In the series Die Sopranos , Silvio Dante (played by Steven Van Zandt ) is the consigliere of the boss Tony Soprano. In the film A Matter of Nerves , Billy Crystal appears as consigliere to Mafia boss Paul Vitti ( Robert De Niro ).

literature

  • Carl Sifakis: The Mafia Encyclopedia. Facts on File crime library, Infobase Publishing 2005, ISBN 0-816-06989-1 .