Vito Alfio Ciancimino (1924 - 2002)

Born 2 Apr 1924 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Died 19 Nov 2002 at age 78 in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Biography

Vito Alfio^[1] Ciancimino is born April 2 1924^[2] in Corleone, the son of Giovanni^[3] Ciancimino and Pietra Martorana, who married in 1922.^[4]

Vito is a Christian Democrat politician best known for his role in the Sack of Palermo. In 1970, he is elected mayor of Palermo.

Several sources note that Vito's father, a barber, lived in the United States, where he worked as an interpreter, before WWII. He returned and ran a barber shop in Corleone.

Vito is elected to Palermo city council for the first time in 1956, along with Salvo Lima. Vito was "thin, coarse, and abrasive," and "weaselly" with "slicked-back hair, and a dark pencil moustache."^[5]

Vito's mafia membership is considered an "open secret". "Many mafiosi were part of his circle of friends and business partners, among them the capo Carmelo La Barba (Palermo’s powerful boss), Angelo Di Carlo, and Carlo Antonio Sorci, who with Vito’s spouse founded a construction firm with mafia-tainted funds." Vito's wife Epifania Silvia Scardino is a shareholder in the corrupt bank, ISEP, in 1963, along with Angelo di Carlo.^[6] Vito's son, Giovanni, is also implicated.^[7]

Vito and Epifania have five children: Giovanni, Sergio, Roberto, Luciana, and Massimo.

Vito dies at age 78, while on house arrest.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vito Ciancimino." Wikipedia. Accessed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Ciancimino 4 May 2016.
2. ↑ Philip Willan. "Vito Ciancimino" (Obituary) The Guardian. Published 25 November 2002. Accessed http://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/26/guardianobituaries.philipwillan 4 May 2016.
3. ↑ Attilio Bolzoni. "è morto Vito Ciancimino la Dc ai tempi dei Corleonesi." Published 20 November 2002 in La Repubblica. Accessed http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/11/20/morto-vito-ciancimino-la-dc-ai.html?refresh_ce 5 May 2016.
4. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-167222-75?cc=2046915 : accessed 7 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 150 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo)
5. ↑ From John Dickie. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia. Accessed https://books.google.com/books?id=_W6WBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=vito+ciancimino+is+the+son+of&source=bl&ots=gOCAKwASp1&sig=21KshU239Hf-cazRsPxF2h4NWZM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMxvuHwsbMAhUkKsAKHadtCxQ4FBDoAQgeMAE#v=onepage&q=vito%20ciancimino%20is%20the%20son%20of&f=false 6 May 2016.
6. ↑ Oliva, Ernesto and Salvo Palazzolo. "Bernardo Provenzano: il ragioniere di Cosa Nostra." Accessed online 24 January 2016.
7. ↑ SEZIONE III - I rapporti tra il sen. Andreotti e Vito Ciancimino. Acccessed http://web.tiscali.it/almanaccodeimisteri/andreotti19.htm 5 May 2016.