Giuseppe Lumia is an Italian

Italy

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 politician of the Democratic Party of the Left

Democratic Party of the Left

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 (Partito democratico della Sinistra, PDS) and its successor, the Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

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 (Democratici di Sinistra, DS). He belongs to the group of Social Christians

Social Christians

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 (Cristiano Sociali, CS) in the Party.

Lumia was born in Termini Imerese

Termini Imerese

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, in Sicily

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. In 1994 he was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies

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. He was re-elected in 1996, 2001 and 2006. From 2000-2001 he was the president of the Italian Antimafia Commission

Antimafia Commission

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.

The Mafia

Mafia

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 plotted to kill Lumia, according to Antonino Giuffrè

Antonino Giuffrè

Antonino "Nino" Giuffrè is an Italian mafioso from Caccamo in the Province of Palermo, Sicily. He became one of the most important Mafia turncoats after his arrest in April 2002....

, one of the right hand men of Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano

Bernardo Provenzano

Bernardo Provenzano is a member of the Sicilian Mafia and is suspected of having been the head of the Corleonesi, a Mafia faction that originated in the village of Corleone, and de facto capo di tutti capi of the entire Sicilian Mafia until his arrest in 2006.His nickname is Binnu u tratturi...

. Giuffrè has been collaborating with investigators since his arrest in April, 2002. The plan to kill Lumia while he was president of the Antimafia Commission was decided at the very highest level of Cosa Nostra and had been approved by Provenzano.

Lumia remained as an ordinary member of the Antimafia Commission in 2002-2006 and in 2006 he became its vice-president in the new legislature.

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