Antonio Gava
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The Honourable Antonio Gava |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office April 13, 1988 – October 16, 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ciriaco De Mita Giulio Andreotti |
| Preceded by | Amintore Fanfani |
| Succeeded by | Vincenzo Scotti |
| Minister of Economy and Finances | |
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In office July 28, 1987 – April 13, 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Giovanni Goria |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Guarino |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Colombo |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications | |
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In office August 4, 1983 – July 28, 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Giovanni Goria |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Guarino |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Colombo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 30, 1930 Castellammare di Stabia, Italy |
| Died | August 8, 2008 (aged 78) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Christian Democracy |
Antonio Gava (July 30, 1930 – August 8, 2008) was an Italian politician and member of Christian Democracy (DC). The son of Silvio Gava, who was 13 times minister, Antonio was one of the Christian Democratic Party's leading power-brokers in Campania over a 25-year period, beginning in 1968 and ending in 1993, when he was charged with membership of a criminal organisation. Together with Arnaldo Forlani and Vincenzo Scotti, he was the leader of DC's current known as "Alleanza Popolare" (or "Grande centro doroteo").
Gava was born in Castellammare di Stabia in the Province of Naples and graduated in law. After holding some provincial and regional positions in Campania for DC, he was elected in the Italian Parliament for the first time in 1972. In 1980 he was appointed Minister of the Relationships with Parliament in the cabinet led by Arnaldo Forlani. Later he was for three times Minister of Mail and Telecommunications and two times Minister of the Minister of the Interior, from 1988 to 1990. He had to abandon the latter position when he was struck by a stroke.
On September 21, 1994, he was arrested for conspiring in a "perverse circuit of criminal enterprise" with the Camorra, the Neapolitan crime organization. Gava was accused of trading favors for votes mustered by the Camorra. Gava's alleged contacts in the Camorra were said to be primarily with first the group headed by Raffaele Cutolo and later with the group headed by Carmine Alfieri of Nola. According to the pentito (turncoat) Pasquale Galasso, both Gava and his father initially had strong ties with Alfonso Rosanova, the "spiritual father" of Cutolo.
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