| Office 1 | Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection |
|---|---|
| Prime minister 1 | Giulio Andreotti |
| Term start 1 | 12 April 1991 |
| Term end 1 | 28 June 1992 |
| Predecessor 1 | Vito Lattanzio |
| Successor 1 | Ferdinando Facchiano |
| Office 2 | Minister of Tourism and Entertainment |
| Prime minister 2 | Bettino Craxi |
| Term start 2 | 1 August 1986 |
| Term end 2 | 17 April 1987 |
| Predecessor 2 | Lelio Lagorio |
| Successor 2 | Mario Di Lazzaro |
| Office 3 | Minister of Foreign Trade |
| Prime minister 3 | Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani Bettino Craxi |
| Term start 3 | 28 June 1981 |
| Term end 3 | 1 August 1986 |
| Predecessor 3 | Enrico Manca |
| Successor 3 | Rino Formica |
| Office 4 | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term start 4 | 5 July 1976 |
| Term end 4 | 14 April 1994 |
| Birth date | 6 November 1932 |
| Birth place | Rosarno, Calabria, Italy |
| Death date | 31 January 2009 (aged 76) |
| Death place | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer |
| Party | PSI |
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.
During the 1991–1993 eruption of Mount Etna, as Italy's Minister of Civil Protection, Capria oversaw national emergency efforts and commented on Operation Hot Rock, describing the attempt to divert lava from the town of Zafferana Etnea as an "uneven struggle" against a powerful "monster" of nature.[1]
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.[2]
He died in Rome on 31 January 2009, at the age of 79.
References
- ^ Cowell, Alan (25 April 1992). "It's Plug Up Mt. Etna or Go the Way of Pompeii". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ IL PSI A MESSINA ERA LUI: E' MORTO NICOLA CAPRIA. NEL 1994 (PIENA TANGENTOPOLI) CHIUSE LA SUA CARRIERA