Gerardo D'Ambrosio (29 November 1930 – 30 March 2014) was an Italian magistrate and politician. Born in

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, D'Ambrosio graduated in law in Naples in 1952.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1957 he was assigned to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of

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, then he was transferred to the Court of

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, and finally in

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; there D'Ambrosio conducted the criminal investigation of the Piazza Fontana bombing, and was prosecutor in the

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trial, among other things. In 1989, he was chosen to direct the department against

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and since 1991 he directed the special department covering the crimes against the public administration. In 1992 he entered the

mani pulite (; ) was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s, resulting in the demise of the First Italian Republic and the disappearance of many political parties. Some politicians and industry leade ...

pool of magistrates which gave him a large notoriety. From 1999, he was the head of the Public Prosecutor's Office until his retirement in 2002. He was later senator for two terms, with the

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and then with the Democratic Party. He died of cardiorespiratory failure.

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* Piazza Fontana bombing

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1930 births People from the Province of Caserta 20th-century Italian judges 2014 deaths Democrats of the Left politicians Democratic Party (Italy) politicians Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy University of Naples Federico II alumni {{Italy-politician-stub