{{Short description|Italian politician and member of Christian Democracy}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Vincenzo Scotti | image = Vincenzo Scotti 2011.jpg | order = [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start = 28 June 1992 | term_end = 29 July 1992 | predecessor = [[Gianni De Michelis]] | successor = [[Giuliano Amato]] | prime_minister = [[Giuliano Amato]] | order2 = [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Minister of the Interior]] | term_start2 = 16 October 1990 | term_end2 = 28 June 1992 | predecessor2 = [[Antonio Gava]] | successor2 = [[Nicola Mancino]] | prime_minister2 = [[Giulio Andreotti]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Naples]], [[Italy]] | profession = [[Politician]] | height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | party = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] (1968–1994) <br> [[Third Pole (Italy)|TP]] (2006) <br> [[Movement for Autonomy|MpA]] (2007–2010) <br> [[We the South|NS]] (2010-2023) <br> [[Christian Democracy with Rotondi]] (since 2023) }}
'''Vincenzo Scotti''' (born 16 September 1933) is an Italian [[politician]] and member of [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] (DC). He was [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Minister of the Interior]] and [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].
==Biography== Born in [[Naples]], he graduated in economics at the [[Università di Roma La Sapienza]] in 1955.
In his early career he was responsible for the Centre for Research of the Workers union [[Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions|CISL]]. In 1968 Scotti was elected as Deputy for the Christian Democracy in the [[Italian Parliament]]. Later he was [[Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities]] (1981–82), member of the Finance Commission to the House of Deputies, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Budget, Labour Minister, Minister for Coordination of European Community Policies, Minister of Art and Cultural Heritage and the Environment, Minister of Civil Protections, and President of the Parliamentary Group for the Christian Democrats to the House of Deputies (the largest group of the Italian parliament with 230 deputies). He was elected Mayor of Naples in 1984.
During his term as Minister of Interior (1990-1992) laws which permitted police authorities and magistrates to act against the Mafia organisation [[Camorra]] were promulgated. In collaboration with judge [[Giovanni Falcone]] and US attorney [[Rudy Giuliani]], he founded the DIA (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia), a specialised anti-mafia police force.
As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he participated in the [[18th G7 summit|G7 Summit in Munich]] in 1992, and represented the Prime Minister in the meetings of the heads of governments of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|CSCE]]. During the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 743|arms embargo of Yugoslavia]] and as president of the UEO he was responsible for organisation of patrols of international waters by Italian armed forces.
He was cofounder of [[Fondazione Valenzi]], an institution culturally and socially active created in memory of the ancient mayor of Naples [[Maurizio Valenzi]].
==Teaching career== From 1969 to 1995 he taught at the [[LUISS]], a private university in [[Rome, Italy]] as professor of Development Economics. Currently, he is President of [[Link Campus University]], an Italian private university.
On 27 April 2019 he was accused by [[Mueller special counsel investigation|Mueller investigation]] target [[George Papadopoulos]] of having been involved in “setting him [Papadopoulos] up.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/georgepapa19/status/1122246449851277312|title=George Papadopoulos twitter feed|last=Papadopoulos|first=George|date=27 April 2019|website=Twitter}}</ref>{{clarify|date=September 2019}}
==Legal issues== Scotti was one of the most important DC figures in [[Campania]]. In the 1980s, together with many other members of the party, he was involved in a financial scandal which followed reconstruction after the [[1980 Irpinia earthquake]], but avoided judgement due to the [[statute of limitation]]s. Together with that of [[Antonio Gava]], his name was mentioned in the kidnapping and liberation of DC member [[Ciro Cirillo]] by the Italian [[Red Brigades]] terrorist group in 1981. Scotti allegedly met Camorra boss [[Raffaele Cutolo]] in the prison at [[Ascoli Piceno]] to make arrangements for the ransom to be paid with Camorra money.<ref name=stille77>Stille, ''Excellent Cadavers'', p. 77-78</ref><ref name=behan139>Behan, ''See Naples and Die'', p. 139</ref>
Scotti was accused of corruption in scandals regarding garbage management and construction projects for the [[1990 Football World Cup]], but was finally acquitted of all charges. Italy's Court of Accounts sentenced him to pay €2,995,450 for having the Italian state buy a building in Rome at an inflated price, in order to create cash for [[SISDE]], Italy's secret service.<ref>{{cite book|title=Se li conosci li eviti|first1=Marco |last1=Travaglio|authorlink1=Marco Travaglio|first2=Peter|last2=Gomez |year=2008 |publisher=Chiarelettere |isbn=978-88-6190-054-7}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
*Behan, Tom (2002), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=aepiCW44eEkC&dq See Naples and Die: The Camorra and Organized Crime]'', London/New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, {{ISBN|1-86064-783-9}} *[[Alexander Stille|Stille, Alexander]] (1995). ''Excellent Cadavers. The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic'', New York: Vintage {{ISBN|0-09-959491-9}}
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