Luciano Violante

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Luciano Violante

Luciano Violante (born September 25, 1941 in Dire Dawa , Ethiopia ) is an Italian politician of the Partito Democratico and judge .

Life

Violante studied law at the University of Bari and became a judge after graduating. As a university lecturer, he taught at the University of Turin from 1970 and later at the University of Camerino . From 1977 to 1979 he worked for the Italian Ministry of Justice, where he fought terrorism. In 1979 he joined the Communist Party of Italy and after its dissolution in 1991 switched to the Partito Democratico della Sinistra (PDS). Violante became a member of the anti-mafia commission commissioned by the Italian parliament. From September 1992 to March 1994 he was its president. The Mafioso Tommaso Buscetta testified before him . In the 12th legislative period 1992-1994 Violante was one of the vice-presidents, from May 10, 1996 to May 31, 2001 he was the successor to Irene Pivetti President of the Camera dei deputati , of which he was a member from 1979 to 2008.

As an author, he has written several books on the structures of the Italian mafia and how to fight it in Italy.

Works (selection)

  • La mafia dell'eroina , Editori Riuniti, 1987
  • I corleonesi, l'Unità , 1993
  • Il piccone e la quercia, Edizioni Associate , 1992
  • Non è la piovra, Einaudi , 1995
  • Cantata per i bambini morti di mafia , Bollati Boringhieri, poem, 1995
  • Dizionario delle istituzioni e dei diritti del cittadino , Editori Riuniti, 1996
  • Mafie e antimafia - Report 1996;
  • Mafia e società italiana - Rapporto 1997
  • I soldi della mafia - Report 1998, Laterza.
  • L'Italia dopo il 1999. La sfida per la stabilità , Mondadori 1998

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personal data
SURNAME Violante, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician (PD), member of the Camera dei deputati and judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Dire Dawa , Ethiopia