13 Facts About Luciano Violante

Luciano Violante was born on 25 September 1941 and is an Italian judge and politician.

Luciano Violante's family was held by the British in an internment camp, where Violante was born and remained until 1943.

Luciano Violante indicted Edgardo Sogno in 1974 for having planned the so-called Golpe bianco, but had to release him in 1978, declaring it impossible to prosecute him.

Luciano Violante was named investigative magistrate in Turin in 1979.

Luciano Violante then became the vice-president of the PCI parliamentary group.

Luciano Violante was a member of the Inquiry into the Aldo Moro case, of the Antimafia Commission, the parliamentary committee for the security services, the commission for the reform of the penal code, the Justice Commission and the Council for the Regulation of the House of Deputies.

Luciano Violante was President of the Antimafia Commission from September 1992 until March 1994.

Luciano Violante indicated Salvo Lima as the contact of the Mafia in Italian politics.

Luciano Violante was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies on 10 May 1996 and remained in office until 29 May 2001.

Luciano Violante has published: Il piccone e la quercia ; Non e la piovra and a poem, Cantata per i bambini morti di mafia.

Luciano Violante has been the editor of Dizionario delle istituzioni e dei diritti del cittadino and of three reports on the Mafia: Mafie e antimafia - Rapporto 1996; Mafia e societa italiana - Rapporto 1997 and I soldi della mafia - Rapporto 1998.

Luciano Violante edited two volumes of the Annali della Storia d'Italia : La criminalita and Legge Diritto Giustizia.

Luciano Violante considers himself "a believer" but he does not adhere to the Catholic Church.