Aldo Rizzo Explained

Aldo Rizzo
Office:Mayor of Palermo[1]
Term Start:29 June 1992
Term End:3 December 1992
Predecessor:Domenico Lo Vasco[2]
Successor:Manlio Orobello
Term Start2:20 June 1979
Term End2:22 April 1992
Term Start3:18 December 1976
Term End3:19 April 1979
Birth Date:24 May 1935[3]
Birth Place:Palermo, Italy
Death Place:Palermo, Italy
Party:Independent Left
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:University of Palermo
Occupation:Magistrate[4]

Aldo Rizzo (24 May 1935 – 9 November 2021) was an Italian politician and magistrate.

Biography

Born in Palermo in 1935, Rizzo was member of the Independent Left. He has served as Mayor of Palermo 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 to the municipal council of Palermo.[5] 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.

Rizzo died on 9 November 2021, at the age of 86.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ALDO RIZZO NUOVO SINDACO DI PALERMO. it. 30 June 1992 . 4 July 2020. repubblica.it.
  2. Web site: Politica in lutto, morto a 92 anni l'ex sindaco di Palermo Mimmo Lo Vasco. it. 4 July 2020. palermotoday.it.
  3. Web site: RIZZO Aldo . it. 4 July 2020. legislature.camera.it.
  4. Web site: Il magistrato: sono di sinistra e lo rifarei, la condanna non era ben motivata. it. 4 July 2020. corriere.it.
  5. Web site: Palermo, eletto il nuovo sindaco. è Aldo Rizzo, transfuga dal PDS. it. 4 July 2020. corriere.it.
  6. Web site: Morto Aldo Rizzo: fu vicesindaco della Primavera di Palermo. La Repubblica. 10 November 2021.