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Place of Birth: Cellino Attanasio, Abruzzo, Italy
About Rocco Salini
- Rocco Salini (24 February 1931 – 2 December 2016) was an Italian physician and politician who served as the President of the region of Abruzzo from 1990 to 1992.
- He also served a Senator from 2001 to 2006, as well as the Undersecretary of Health briefly for just one month within the second government of then-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
- A physician by profession, Salini was a member of the Senate committee on health and hygiene.Salini, who was born in 1931, was originally from Castilenti, where he worked as a doctor.
- He began his political as a Teramo councilor for the Christian Democrats (DC).Salini was elected President of Abruzzo from 1990 to 1992.
- He and his government were forced to resign in 1992 due to a corruption scandal over the misuse of European Union funds.
- He received a sentence of one year and four months for abuse of office and misrepresentation.Rocco Salini returned to politics in 2000 when he was elected as a Forza Italia regional councilor.
- He was next elected to the Italian Senate from 2001 to 2006.
- He also briefly served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, under Silvio Berlusconi, for just one month.Salini died in a hospital in Chieti on December 2, 2016, at the age of 85 after being hospitalized for about one month.
- He was survived by his wife, Bruna, and two children, Vincenzo and Luisa.
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