Vito Ciancimino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian politician
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Place of Birth: Corleone, Sicily, Italy
About Vito Ciancimino
- Vito Alfio Ciancimino (Italian: ['vi?to 'alfjo t?ant?i'mi?no]; 2 April 1924 – 19 November 2002) was an Italian politician close to the Mafia leadership who became known for enriching himself and his associates by corruptly granting planning permission.
- An abrasive personality, he served briefly as mayor of Palermo, Sicily as a Christian Democrat.
- Ciancimino was close to Mafia boss and perennial fugitive Bernardo Provenzano, but regarded Salvatore Riina as irrational. In the aftermath of Mafia bomb outrages in the 1990s, Ciancimino was contacted by Carabinieri Colonel Mario Mori, but the content of the discussions is disputed.
- Ciancimino is said to have alleged a list of demands from 'boss of bosses' Salvatore Riina.
- As his price for halting attacks was passed on, charges were brought against Mori, who maintained there had been no list, that his contacts with Ciancimino were aimed at combating the Mafia, and that he had disclosed little beyond implicitly admitting he knew Mafia members.
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