Vincenzo Carollo
Vincenzo Carollo
Senator of the Italian Republic
In office
25 May 1972 – 1 July 1987
ConstituencySicily
President of Sicily
In office
20 September 1967 – 26 February 1969
Preceded byVincenzo Giummarra
Succeeded byMario Fasino
Personal details
Born(1920-12-08)8 December 1920
Castelbuono, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died7 February 2013(2013-02-07) (aged 92)
Palermo, Sicily
Political partyChristian Democrat
ProfessionUniversity Assistant

Vincenzo Carollo (8 December 1920 – 7 February 2013) was an Italian politician from Palermo and member of the Christian Democratic Party (DC).[1][2]

Biography

Carollo was born on 8 December 1920 in Castelbuono, Palermo. He would go on to get a degree in literature and later become a university assistant for University of Palermo's Ethnology department.[3][4]

He served as the President of Sicily, the head of the regional government, from 1967 to 1969.[5][6] He would also serve as a member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly between 1958 and 1979.[3]

Carollo was also a member of national Senate of the Republic from 1972 until 1986.[4] He simultaneously served as the mayor of Castelbuono from 1969 to 1983.[1]

Vincenzo Carollo died in Palermo on 7 February 2013, at the age of 93.[1]

Views and associations

In March of 1981, Carollo's name was discovered on a secret list of Propaganda Due members in Licio Gelli possession.[7][8][9]

As a Senator Carollo was a critic of easing relations with the Soviet Union, claiming that the USSR was unfaithful to the SALT treaties.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Morto l'ex senatore Vincenzo Carollo". Giornale di Sicilia. February 7, 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ Annuario politico italiano (in Italian). University of Michigan: Edizioni di communità. February 22, 2007 [1964].
  3. ^ a b "Profilo di Carollo Vincenzo". www.ars.sicilia.it (in Italian). Republic of Italy. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  4. ^ a b "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Vincenzo CAROLLO - IX Legislatura". www.senato.it. Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  5. ^ States, United; Justice, International Court of; Italy (1989). Affaire de L'Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI). International Court of Justice. ISBN 978-92-1-070681-0.
  6. ^ Caltagirone, Michele (2017-11-05). "Elezioni Sicilia, settant'anni di presidenti". Blasting News (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. ^ "17 marzo 1981 - quando l'Italia scoprì la P2". Media News 24 (in Italian). 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  8. ^ "P2, ecco tutto quello che c'è da sapere sulla Loggia di Licio Gelli". Oltre la Linea (in Italian). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  9. ^ "P2, da Silvio Berlusconi a Maurizio Costanzo, alcuni dei nomi più noti della lista Gelli". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-26.

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