Ottaviano Del Turco
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Ottaviano Del Turco is an Italian politician. After a career in trade unionism in the Italian General Confederation of Labour
(CGIL) Del Turco rose to the top of Bettino Craxi
's Italian Socialist Party
(PSI) before it was swept away in the Tangentopoli
scandals of 1992-94.
Del Turco was the president of the Antimafia Commission
in December 1996 until May 2000. He was minister of Finance from 2000-2001.
He was elected to the European Parliament
in 2004 on the Italian Democratic Socialists
(SDI) ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists
group. On July 23, 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
On April 4, 2005 he won the election as President of his native Abruzzo
, as candidate for centre-left coalition The Union
, and on May 1 resigned his seat in the European Parliament
to take up this post.
In 2007, he left the SDI and became a member of the Democratic Party
(Partito Democratico, PD) – Italy's largest opposition party. He was a member of the 45-strong national council.
On July 14, 2008 Del Turco was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a 12.8M euro fraud in the financing of the public health system of his region. He has not been charged with a crime, but is suspected of corruption and criminal association, prosecutors said. He was among 10 people arrested or placed under house arrest. On July 17, 2007, he resigned as governor and left the national council of the PD.
Italian General Confederation of Labour
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(CGIL) Del Turco rose to the top of Bettino Craxi
Bettino Craxi
Benedetto Craxi was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialist President of the Council of Ministers of Italy from 1983 to 1987.-Political career:...
's Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
(PSI) before it was swept away in the Tangentopoli
Tangentopoli
Tangentopoli is a term which was coined to describe pervasive corruption in the Italian political system exposed in the 1992-6 Mani Pulite investigations, as well as the resulting scandal, which led to the collapse of the hitherto dominant Christian Democracy party and its allies.-Popular distrust...
scandals of 1992-94.
Del Turco was the president of the Antimafia Commission
Antimafia Commission
The Italian Antimafia Commission is a bicameral commission of the Italian Parliament, composed of members from the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate . The Antimafia Commission is a commission of inquiry into, initially, the “phenomenon of the Mafia”...
in December 1996 until May 2000. He was minister of Finance from 2000-2001.
He was elected to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
in 2004 on the Italian Democratic Socialists
Italian Democratic Socialists
The Italian Democratic Socialists were a small social-democratic political party in Italy. Led by Enrico Boselli, the party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socialist Party...
(SDI) ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
group. On July 23, 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
On April 4, 2005 he won the election as President of his native Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
, as candidate for centre-left coalition The Union
The Union (political coalition)
The Union was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.-Parties:...
, and on May 1 resigned his seat in the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
to take up this post.
In 2007, he left the SDI and became a member of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
(Partito Democratico, PD) – Italy's largest opposition party. He was a member of the 45-strong national council.
On July 14, 2008 Del Turco was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a 12.8M euro fraud in the financing of the public health system of his region. He has not been charged with a crime, but is suspected of corruption and criminal association, prosecutors said. He was among 10 people arrested or placed under house arrest. On July 17, 2007, he resigned as governor and left the national council of the PD.