Guido De Martino

Guido De Martino
Senator of the Republic of Italy
In office
15 April 1994 – 29 May 2001
ConstituencyCampania
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
23 April 1992 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyNaples
In office
12 July 1983 – 1 July 1987
ConstituencyNaples
Personal details
Born (1943-08-22) 22 August 1943 (age 81)
Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Italy
Political partyItalian Socialist Party
OccupationProfessor of History and Philosophy

Guido De Martino (born Somma Vesuviana, 22 August 1943) is a former Italian politician of the Italian Socialist Party. He is also the son of the late socialist politician Francesco De Martino and was kidnapped for 40 days in 1977 by the Camorra.

Biography

De Martino was born in Somma Vesuviana, Naples Italy on 22 August 1943 to the family of Francesco De Martino. He would get a degree in philosophy, before going on to become a professor of history and philosophy.[1][2][3]

While serving as secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) in Naples, De Martino was kidnapped in Naples on 5 April 1977.[4][5][6] He had been taken by the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra, who held him for six weeks.[3][7] He was only freed after a one billion lire ransom, that was raised by the party, was paid to the perpetrators.[6][8][9] It would later be revealed that some of the funds the party had provided were attained through kidnappings done by the Red Brigades.[8][10] This scandal has been compared to the Moro kidnapping, by those who suspected similar political beliefs between the victims to have been the cause.[11]

De Martino would go on to achieve electoral victory in Naples as a member of the PSI, securing a seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies during the IX legislature and again in XI legislature.[2] He continued to work with the PSI, getting elected to the Italian Senate during the XII and XIII legislatures.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Guido DE MARTINO - XIII Legislatura". www.senato.it (in Italian). Italian Senate. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  2. ^ a b "Guido De Martino / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico". storia.camera.it (in Italian). Italian Parliament. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  3. ^ a b Urbani, Ilaria (2016-04-07). "Al Vomero una piazza per Francesco De Martino". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  4. ^ Saita, Francesco (May 4, 2017). "40 anni fa il rapimento di Guido De Martino: "Così colpirono mio padre per l'apertura al Pci"". Adnkronos (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  5. ^ Jamieson, Alison (1989). The Heart Attacked: Terrorism and Conflict in the Italian State. M. Boyars. ISBN 978-0-7145-2871-7.
  6. ^ a b Lane, John Francis (2002-11-22). "Obituary: Francesco De Martino". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  7. ^ GAVISH, EITAN (October 30, 2009). "Mafia thug Mario Bacio Terracino gunned down by Camorra hit man, video released by Naples police". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  8. ^ a b "Strange case of kidnapping". The Independent. 1993-04-04. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  9. ^ Pansa, Giampaolo (2011-02-09). I cari estinti: faccia a faccia con quarant'anni di politica italiana (in Italian). RIZZOLI LIBRI. ISBN 978-88-586-1791-5.
  10. ^ Zorba, Stefano. "Guido De Martino Archivi". L'alba dei funerali di uno Stato (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  11. ^ Harris, Judith (May 4, 2008). "Aldo Moro Anniversary: Time To Tell the Truth". iItaly.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.