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Giuseppe Di Cristina was born on 22 April, 1923 in Riesi, Sicily, Italy, is a Member of the Sicilian Mafia. Discover Giuseppe Di Cristina's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
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Mafia boss |
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55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
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22 April, 1923 |
| Birthday |
22 April |
| Birthplace |
Riesi, Sicily, Italy |
| Date of death |
30 May, 1978 |
| Died Place |
Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Nationality |
Italy
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Giuseppe Di Cristina Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Giuseppe Di Cristina Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Giuseppe Di Cristina worth at the age of 55 years old? Giuseppe Di Cristina’s income source is mostly from being a successful Member. He is from Italy. We have estimated Giuseppe Di Cristina's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Giuseppe Di Cristina (April 22, 1923 – May 30, 1978) was a powerful mafioso from Riesi in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, southern Italy.
Di Cristina, nicknamed “la tigre’’ (the tiger), was born into a traditional Mafia family, his father Francesco Di Cristina and his grandfather were men of honour as well.
Francesco ‘Don Ciccu’ Di Cristina died on September 13, 1961.
A holy image was distributed among the population.
It read: “A enemy of all injustices he showed with word and deed that his Mafia was not delinquency but respect for the law of honour”.
His eldest son Giuseppe Di Cristina replaced him.
Di Cristina was known as the ‘elector’ of Calogero Volpe, an MP for Christian Democrat party (DC – Democrazia Cristiana).
Giuseppe's brother Antonio Di Cristina would become the mayor of Riesi and the under-secretary of the Christian Democrat party of the Caltanissetta province.
According to the pentito Antonino Calderone: “They were the bosses of the Riesi Mafia for three generations … the supported the Democrazia Cristiana, they were all DC.”
Di Cristina's best men at his marriage were Giuseppe Calderone – the Mafia boss of Catania – and Christian Democrat senator Graziano Verzotto.
Verzotto was the president of the state-owned Ente Minerario Siciliano (EAS - the Sicilian Mines Authority), which was created after World War II to try to stem the crisis in the sulfur mining industry.
According to the pentito Tommaso Buscetta, Di Cristina was involved in the killing of Enrico Mattei, the controversial president of the state oil company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) who died in a mysterious plane crash on October 27, 1962.
Di Cristina's men allegedly sabotaged Mattei's plane, according to the pentito Francesco Di Carlo.
After he returned from an internal banishment in Turin due to the Mafia crackdown by the Italian authorities after the Ciaculli massacre in 1963, Di Cristina was made treasurer of the EAS-owned company So.
(Società Chimica Mineraria Siciliana), presided over by Verzotto, although he was known to the police as a mafioso and had been subject to special police measures.
Di Cristina changed sides in his political preferences because he got no support from the Christian Democrats when he was in trouble over a restraining order.
Instead he turned to Aristide Gunnella from the small Italian Republican Party (PRI).
In the next elections Gunnella suddenly received an avalanche of votes in comparison to what they used to get.
Despite the upheaval about Gunnella's relationship with Di Cristina, he was defended by Republican Party leader Ugo La Malfa.
The party could not do without one of his top vote-getters.
La Malfa made Gunnella a minister of government.
One of Di Cristina's most trusted men, Damiano Caruso, was allegedly one of the killers of a Mafia hit-squad dressed in a police uniforms that executed Michele Cavataio on December 10, 1969, in the Viale Lazio in Palermo as retaliation for the events during the First Mafia War in 1963.
Cavataio had been fuelling the Mafia war by killing members of both the warring factions.
The case was first exposed by the journalist Mauro De Mauro of L'Ora, who would disappear on September 17, 1970.
In 1970 the Sicilian Mafia Commission was reconstituted.
One of the first issue that had to be confronted was an offer of prince Junio Valerio Borghese who asked for support for his plans for a neofascist coup in return for a pardon of convicted mobsters like Vincenzo Rimi and Luciano Leggio.
However, the Golpe Borghese fizzled out in the night of December 8, 1970.
In 1975 he became the head of Cosa Nostra in the Caltanissetta province and a member of the Interprovincial Commission of the Mafia.
Three years later he was killed by a rival Mafia faction, the Corleonesi of Totò Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.
His death was a prelude to the Second Mafia War, which would start in 1981 after the Corleonesi killed Stefano Bontade.
Di Cristina's grandfather Giuseppe Di Cristina was a giant strong man and a gabelloto – a leaseholder of an estate subletting land.
When it was time to show who would succeed him, he chose the day of the procession of the saint San Giuseppe in Riesi.
When the procession made a stop under Don Giuseppe's balcony he kissed his son Francesco in front of the whole procession, which was looking up waiting for the sign to proceed.
Francesco ‘Don Ciccu’ Di Cristina then gave the procession the signal to continue.
It was now clear to the village that Don Ciccu was the new boss.
Don Ciccu was a clever boss and developed good relationships with the Palermo Mafia families and political groups.
