Vito Ciancimino

Vito Ciancimino
Mayor of Palermo
In office 25 November 1970 – 27 April 1971
Preceded by	Francesco Spagnolo
Succeeded by	Giacomo Marchello
Personal details
Born	(1924-04-02)2 April 1924 Corleone, Sicily, Italy
Died	19 November 2002(2002-11-19) (aged 78) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Spouse	Epifania Silvia Scardino
Children	Massimo Ciancimino
Profession	Politician Mafioso
Nickname	ù Sindaco

Vito Alfio Ciancimino (Italian: [ˈviːto ˈalfjo tʃantʃiˈmiːno]; 2 April 1924 – 19 November 2002) was an Italian politician close to the Mafia leadership who became known for enriching himself and his associates by corruptly granting planning permission. An abrasive personality, he served briefly as mayor of Palermo, Sicily, as a Christian Democrat. Ciancimino was close to Mafia boss and perennial fugitive Bernardo Provenzano, but regarded Salvatore Riina as irrational.

In the aftermath of Mafia bomb outrages in the 1990s, Ciancimino was contacted by Carabinieri Colonel Mario Mori, but the content of the discussions is disputed. Ciancimino is said to have alleged a list of demands from Riina as the "boss of bosses". As his price for halting attacks was passed on, charges were brought against Mori, who maintained there had been no list, that his contacts with Ciancimino were aimed at combating the Mafia, and that he had disclosed little beyond implicitly admitting he knew Mafia members.^[1]