Nicola Capria

Nicola Capria (6 November 1932 – 31 January 2009) was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Socialist Party.

Nicola Capria
Minister for the Coordination of Civil Protection
In office 12 April 1991 – 28 June 1992
Prime Minister	Giulio Andreotti
Preceded by	Vito Lattanzio
Succeeded by	Ferdinando Facchiano
Minister of Tourism and Entertainment
In office 1 August 1986 – 17 April 1987
Prime Minister	Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Lelio Lagorio
Succeeded by	Mario Di Lazzaro
Minister of Foreign Trade
In office 28 June 1981 – 1 August 1986
Prime Minister	Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani Bettino Craxi
Preceded by	Enrico Manca
Succeeded by	Rino Formica
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 July 1976 – 14 April 1994
Personal details
Born	(1932-11-06)6 November 1932 Rosarno, Calabria, Italy
Died	31 January 2009(2009-01-31) (aged 76) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	PSI
Profession	Politician, lawyer

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.

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.[1]

He died in Rome on 31 January 2009, at the age of 79.