Vincenzo Carollo

Vincenzo Carollo was an Italian politician from Palermo and member of the Christian Democratic Party.

Biography

Carollo was born on 8 December 1920 in Castelbuono, Palermo. He would go on to get a degree in literature and later become a university assistant for University of Palermo's Ethnology department.
He served as the President of Sicily, the head of the regional government, from 1967 to 1969. He would also serve as a member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly between 1958 and 1979.
Carollo was also a member of the national Senate of the Republic from 1972 until 1986. He simultaneously served as the mayor of Castelbuono from 1969 to 1983.
Vincenzo Carollo died in Palermo on 7 February 2013, at the age of 93.

In March of 1981, Carollo's name was discovered on a secret list of Propaganda Due members in Licio Gelli's possession.
As a Senator, Carollo was a critic of easing relations with the Soviet Union, claiming that the USSR was unfaithful to the SALT treaties.