Nicola Capria Explained

Nicola Capria
Office1:Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection
Primeminister1:Giulio Andreotti
Term Start1:12 April 1991
Term End1:28 June 1992
Predecessor1:Vito Lattanzio
Successor1:Ferdinando Facchiano
Office2:Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
Primeminister2:Bettino Craxi
Term Start2:1 August 1986
Term End2:17 April 1987
Predecessor2:Lelio Lagorio
Successor2:Mario Di Lazzaro
Office3:Minister of Foreign Trade
Primeminister3:Giovanni Spadolini
Amintore Fanfani
Bettino Craxi
Term Start3:28 June 1981
Term End3:1 August 1986
Predecessor3:Enrico Manca
Successor3:Rino Formica
Office4:Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Term Start4:5 July 1976
Term End4:14 April 1994
Birth Date:1932 11, df=y
Birth Place:Rosarno, Calabria, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Nicola Capria (6 November 1932 – 31 January 2009) was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Socialist Party.

He was Deputy from 1976 to 1994 and served also as Minister several times from 1986 to 1992 in the governments led by Spadolini, Fanfani, Craxi and Andreotti.

He was also city councilor in Messina, Vice-president of the Sicily Region, regional deputy to the Sicilian Regional Assembly and regional secretary of the Sicilian PSI.

He resigned as parliamentary leader of the PSI when, on 12 January 1994, the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Messina notified him of a guarantee notice in the context of investigations into the Sirap affair for external competition in mafia association. From that moment, although fulfilled with a full formula, because the fact does not exist, he definitively closed all relations with the world of politics.[1]

He died in Rome on 31 January 2009, at the age of 79.

Notes and References

  1. http://stampalibera.it/2009/02/il-psi-a-messina-era-lui-e-morto-nicola-capria-nel-1994-piena-tangentopoli-chiuse-la-sua-carriera/ IL PSI A MESSINA ERA LUI: E' MORTO NICOLA CAPRIA. NEL 1994 (PIENA TANGENTOPOLI) CHIUSE LA SUA CARRIERA