Luigi de Magistris (mayor)
Luigi de Magistris ( born June 20, 1967 in Naples ) is an Italian prosecutor and politician of the Liberal Party Italia dei Valori. He became known as Attorney by several investigations of corruption against some prominent politicians. Since 2011 he has been mayor of Naples. Previously, he was from the European election 2009 Member of the European Parliament.
Career as a prosecutor
De Magistris began his career as a prosecutor in 1995. Between 1998 and 2002 he worked in Naples, then in Catanzaro. Here he was with the investigation employs the so-called Poseidone case, which dealt with the misappropriation of funds funds of the European Union in the amount of 200 million euros by Italian politicians. The investigation had been taken by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF ) and transferred to De Magistris 2005. 2007 De Magistris was removed from the case again, as he was accused, he had published confidential information about it. These included the names of several suspects, including a senator of Forza Italia.
2007 De Magistris dealt with the Why-not - case which also concerned about the misappropriation of public funds. Numerous well-known politicians were concerned by the investigation, including the Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella. This in turn led to accusations that De Magistris had made the names of suspects in public; Therefore Mastella publicly called for their transfer .. Finally, De Magistris was the case withdrawn because of alleged bias against Mastella. In a later case against De Magistris before the Supreme Governing body of the Italian judiciary ( Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura ) the allegation of bias was, however, refuted the allegation as well as the publication of official secrets. Through this case, De Magistris became known in the Italian press and also appeared several times on Italian television.
Furthermore, De Magistris was in 2007 dealt with the case Toghe Lucane, an extensive corruption case in Basilicata, from which several well-known politicians, prosecutors, lawyers and civil servants were affected. Also in this case called Justice Minister Mastella that De Magistris should be removed from the case, and again it was criticized for De Magistris have published official secrets in connection with the investigation.
The Disciplinary Chamber of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura sentenced De Magistris in February 2008 because of a series of violations (including arrangement of house searches without basis, 26 arrests without permission of the examining magistrate, introduction of a secret process in violation of the fundamental rights of parties ) and commenced his disciplinary transfer to a judge post one.
Political career
In March 2009, De Magistris announced that he quit his job as a prosecutor and instead enter into politics and on the list of party Italia dei Valori ( IdV ) in the European elections in Italy will compete in 2009. The IdV is led by Antonio Di Pietro, who himself worked as a prosecutor in known cases of corruption.
When choosing De Magistris won a mandate, which he of all politicians at all could unite the most preferential votes after Silvio Berlusconi. Its made in the election campaign promise to give up his post in the judiciary, De Magistris recanted after the election. In the European Parliament he joined as all IdV politician of the liberal ALDE group and was elected Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control.
In May 2011, De Magistris stood as the top candidate of a left-liberal party Alliance for the local elections in Naples. He referred surprisingly Mario Morcone, the representative of the Partito Democratico of Mayor Rosa Russo Iervolino (which itself did not stand for election ) to third place and moved thereby to the mayor's office against Giovanni Lettieri, the candidate of the center-right in the runoff Alliance, to where he sat down by 65 to 35 percent. On 18 July 2011, he subsequently lodged down his mandate as an MEP.