Piero Luigi Vigna (1 August 1933 - 28 September 2012) was an Italian magistrate. From 1997 to 2005 he was Chief of the Procura Nazionale Antimafia (National Antimafia Prosecution Office).

Biography

He was born at

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and became a magistrate in 1959. He was initially ''pretore'' in Florence and Milan, returning to his native city's prosecution office in 1965. In 1991 he became Chief Prosecutor: his investigations included those on

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, the

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and the so-called

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, as well as on the presence of mafia in

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. From 1992, he also acted as district antimafia prosecutor. On 14 January 1997, Vigna was appointed National Antimafia Prosecutor, a position he held until reaching retirement age in 2005. He was succeeded by Piero Grasso. Until his death he remained honorary president of Magistratura Indipendente, a magistrates' association.

External links

Short biography at Italian Presidency website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vigna, Pierluigi 1933 births 2012 deaths People from Borgo San Lorenzo Antimafia 20th-century Italian judges 21st-century Italian judges