Salvo Andò

Andò was born on 13 February 1945.[1] In 1968, he graduated from the University of Catania with a law degree.[1]

Andò was a professor of law at different universities since the 1970s.[1] He was a member of the Italian parliament.[1] He was also city councilor from 1970 to 1991, first in Giarre and then in Catania.

On 28 June 1992 he was appointed Minister of defence in the cabinet led by prime minister Gıuliano Amato[2] and helf office until 28 April 1993.[3]

After the dissolution of the Italian Socialist Party he remained in the socialist area and in 1998 founded the Liberal Socialists, that in 2003 joined the Italian Democratic Socialists.

In 2012 he founded the Territory Movement together with the Mayor of Ragusa Nello Dipasquale. The movement participated in the Sicilian regional elections of 2012, inserting its candidates into The Megaphone – Crocetta List.

In 2013 Salvo Andò was a candidate for Mayor of the municipality of Giarre. In the first round he obtained 27.63% of the votes, but the ballot was defeated by the center-right candidate Roberto Bonaccorsi.

In the period of Mani Pulite (in the 1990s) Andò was arrested and then placed under house arrest, on charges of a vote of exchange with the mafia clan "Santapaola". He was subsequently tried by the Catania court: the 7-year proceeding ended on 6 June 2000 with the acquittal.

Furthermore, he was indicted for a case of bribes related to the construction of the Ciminiere Fair Center in Catania. For this proceeding, Andò was convicted on 5 December 1995 together with the former president of the Sicilian Region Rino Nicolosi and the former DC politician Nino Drago; on 30 September 1999, the sentence was canceled with referral from the Court of Cassation. During the second appeal the prescription was made, thanks also to the generic extenuating circumstances. In 2004 the Cassation confirmed the prescription, stating, however, that the facts involved in the trial were proven.[4]