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 | 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 | Christian Democracy, PPI, ED, Independent, UDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"The ultimate insider of Italian political life", who as Italian Prime Minister publicly confirmed the existence of Operation Gladio
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Giulio Andreotti was an Italian politician who has been termed the "ultimate insider of Italian political life".[1] As Prime Minister of Italy, he publicly admitted the existence of Operation Gladio, years after similar revelations from Vincenzo Vinciguerra.[2]
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Career
The Economist commented in his obituary about "the other bells, the funeral bells, which rang out rather too often around him and his circle. One of the victims was Giorgio Ambrosoli, a liquidator murdered for his conscientious investigation of the affairs of a Mafia banker, Michele Sindona, whom Mr Andreotti once called the saviour of the lira."
Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
- Full article: Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
- Full article: Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
During the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, Andreotti refused any negotiation with his captors. Moro, during his imprisonment, wrote a statement expressing very harsh judgements against Andreotti.[3]
Murder allegations
On April 6, 1993, Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta told Palermo prosecutors that he had learned from his boss Gaetano Badalamenti that Carmine Pecorelli's murder had been carried out in the interest of 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.[4] 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. |
