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

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Socialism, socialist and later Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the l ...

. 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,

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and Andreotti. He was also city councilor in Messina, Vice-president of the

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Region, regional deputy to the

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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.IL PSI A MESSINA ERA LUI: E' MORTO NICOLA CAPRIA. NEL 1994 (PIENA TANGENTOPOLI) CHIUSE LA SUA CARRIERA
/ref> He died in Rome on 31 January 2009, at the age of 79.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capria, Nicola 1932 births 2009 deaths People from Rosarno People from the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria Italian Socialist Party politicians Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy Deputies of Legislature X of Italy Deputies of Legislature XI of Italy Politicians of Calabria