Giulio Andreotti
 Giulio Andreotti    (politician) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1919-01-14 Rome, Lazio, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2013-05-06 (Age 94) Rome, Lazio, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | La Sapienza, University of Rome | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Lamberto • Marilena • Stefano • Serena | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Livia Danese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Knights of Malta, Le Cercle, Opus Dei, Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | DC, PPI, ED, Independent, UDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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As Prime Minister of Italy, Giulio Andreotti publicly admitted the existance of Operation Gladio, years after similar revelations from Vincenzo Vinciguerra.[1]
Activities
On April 6, 1993, Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta told Palermo prosecutors that he had learnt from his boss Gaetano Badalamenti that Carmine Pecorelli's murder had been carried out in the interest of prime minister Giulio Andreotti. The Salvo cousins, two powerful Sicilian politicians with deep ties to local Mafia families, were also involved in the murder. Buscetta testified that Gaetano Badalamenti told him that the murder had been commissioned by the Salvo cousins, as a favor to Andreotti. Andreotti allegedly was afraid that Pecorelli was about to publish information that could have destroyed his political career. Among the information was the complete memorial of Aldo Moro, which would be published only in 1990 and which Pecorelli had shown to general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa before his death.[2] Dalla Chiesa was also assassinated by Mafia in September 1982.
In 1999, a Perugia court acquitted Andreotti, his right-hand man Claudio Vitalone (a former Foreign Trade Minister), Badalamenti and Giuseppe Calò, as well as the alleged killers Massimo Carminati, one of the founder of the NAR, and Michelangelo La Barbera from the charges brought against them.
On November 17, 2002, on appeal, Andreotti and Badalamenti were sentenced to 24 years for Pecorelli's murder. The sentence, however, was thrown out by the Supreme Court of Cassation on October 30, 2003.
Deep political connections
Andreotti attended Le Cercle.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Le Cercle/1970 (Washington) | 2 December 1970 | 2 December 1970 | US Washington DC Rockefeller family mansion | Exact dates uncertain |
| Le Cercle/1980 (Washington) | 5 December 1980 | 7 December 1980 | US Washington DC Madison Hotel | Detailed in a telegram to the South African Embassy in Madrid that was posted to the internet in 2017. |
References
- ↑ http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/725
- ↑ Maria Antonietta, Calabrò. "Intreccio Pecorelli-Moro: già da un anno s'indaga" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 19 October 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
