Aldo Rizzo (24 May 1935 – 9 November 2021) was an Italian politician and magistrate.
Biography
Born in
Palermo
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in 1935, Rizzo was member of the
Independent Left. He has served as
Mayor of Palermo
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from August 1992 to December 1992.
He was elected as an independent on the list of the Italian Communist Party first and then the
Democratic Party of the Left
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to the municipal council of Palermo. He left the
Democratic Party in March 1992.
He dealt with the kidnapping of the businessman Luciano Cassina in 1974. He was also re-elected in 1983 and 1987 in western Sicily, serving as secretary of the presidential council of the chamber. He was also chosen to serve on the judiciary's Superior Council.
He was regional president in Sicily. He was PM in the trial for the murder of the Palermo prosecutor
Pietro Scaglione instructor judge at the Palermo court. He became judge of the
Cassation
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.
Rizzo died on 9 November 2021, at the age of 86.
See also
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List of mayors of Palermo
The mayor of Palermo is an elected politician who, along with the Palermo's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. The current mayor is Roberto Lagalla, who took office on 20 June 2022.
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References
External links
Aldo Rizzoon storia.camera.it
1935 births
2021 deaths
20th-century Italian politicians
21st-century Italian politicians
Independent Left (Italy) politicians
University of Palermo alumni
Jurists from Palermo
Mayors of Palermo
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