Aldo Rizzo
Rizzo in the 1980s
Mayor of Palermo[1]
In office
29 June 1992 – 3 December 1992
Preceded byDomenico Lo Vasco[2]
Succeeded byManlio Orobello
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
20 June 1979 – 22 April 1992
Member of the CSM
In office
18 December 1976 – 19 April 1979
Personal details
Born(1935-05-24)24 May 1935[3]
Palermo, Italy
Died9 November 2021(2021-11-09) (aged 86)
Palermo, Italy
Political partyIndependent Left
Alma materUniversity of Palermo
OccupationMagistrate[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]

See also

References

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


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