Antonio Cariglia

Antonio Cariglia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1963–1976
In office 1992–1994
Member of the Senate
In office 1987–1992
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1979–1984
In office 1989–1994
Personal details
Born	(1924-03-28)28 March 1924 Vieste, Apulia, Italy
Died	20 February 2010(2010-02-20) (aged 85) Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Political party	PSDI
Profession	Politician

Antonio Cariglia (28 March 1924 – 20 February 2010) was an Italian politician.

Biography

A graduate in political and social sciences, Cariglia was an MP and MEP several times between the 1960s and the 1990s for the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), of which he was secretary from 1988 to 1992, when he became president of the party.

In 1993, he was arrested at the behest of magistrates investigating the Mani pulite corruption scandal: among the charges he faced were those of extortion, receiving stolen goods, and illicit financing. Cariglia was acquitted of all charges after a court case that lasted twelve years.

In 2004 he was appointed Honorary President of the reborn Italian Democratic Socialist Party.

He died in 2010, at the age of 85.