Vito Napoli

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Vito Napoli

Vito Napoli (born November 16, 1931 in Squillace , † November 8, 2004 in Rome ) was an Italian journalist and politician of the Democrazia Cristiana and the Patto per l'Italia .

Life

Napoli grew up in the province of Catanzaro , his later constituency, in Calabria . He completed university studies and worked as a journalist and political columnist from 1962. Napoli worked in Turin for the renowned newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo , which was discontinued in 1983 after 135 years of existence. In 1970 Vito Napoli was awarded the Premio Saint-Vincent per il giornalismo , which is considered the Pulitzer Prize of Italy. He was married.

Political career

Napoli was a member of the Italian parliament from the seventh legislative period in 1976 to the eleventh legislative period in 1994. In parliament he served on the committees on domestic affairs, trade, tourism and international relations. In the 1980s he devoted himself to contacts between the parliaments of Italy and Australia. After the Democrazia Cristiana broke up in 1994, he ran in the parliamentary elections in the same year for the electoral alliance Patto per l'Italia in Paola , led by Mino Martinazzoli , but only received 17.2 percent of the vote. In 1980 he was State Secretary in the second cabinet formed by Francesco Cossiga . From 1989 to 1994 Vito Napoli was also a member of the European Parliament. At times he was advised by Friederike Migneco .

Trivia

When the Democrazia Cristiana lost the local elections in all major cities in 1993, Vito Napoli became known for a saying in which he contrasted the loss of metropolitan gains in small Calabrian communities and which the Corriere della Sera described as “immortal words”: “We have Rome, Naples , Venice and Palermo lost, but there are encouraging signals. I speak of our successes in Gerace , Pizzo Calabro and Praia a Mare . ”Vito Napoli and other members of parliament from Calabria are said to have tried to involve the 'Ndrangheta in the search for Aldo Moro, who was kidnapped in 1978 . Vito Napoli is also associated with the Propaganda Due organization .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diana Formaggio, Francesco Marraro: Il "chi è" del giornalismo italiano: repertorio ragionato ad uso degli uffici stampa. 1976.
  2. ^ A b John C. Dove: Who's Who in Italy 1988, p. 1241.
  3. ^ European Parliament Archives: Vito Napoli.
  4. ^ Josiane Weber : Friederike Migneco. In: Center national de littérature: Luxembourg authors' lexicon.
  5. ^ Gian Antonio Stella: Bertinotti Resigns As Rainbow Left Reaches End of Line. In: Corriere della Sera . April 15, 2008.
  6. ↑ Io boss, cercai di salvare Moro. , L'espresso , September 22, 2009.
  7. ↑ Mario Guarino: Poteri segreti e criminalità: l'intreccio inconfessabile tra 'ndrangheta, massoneria e apparati dello Stato. Bari 2004, ISBN 88-220-5340-0 , p. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Napoli, Vito
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian politician, member of the Camera dei deputati, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Squillace
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2004
Place of death Rome