the victory of the center-left coalition led by Romano Prodi in the 1996 elections, Mancino was elected President of the Italian Senate, and served from 9 May 1996 until 29 May 2001. On 24 July 2006, he left the Senate and became deputy-president of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, Italy's senior council of justice. In July 2012, prosecutors in Palermo ordered Mancino to stand trial for withholding evidence about the alleged talks between the Italian state and the Mafia during the latter's bombing campaign in 1992 that assassinated, among others, the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino. On 20 April 2018, he was acquitted. References External links Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura Nicola Mancino at Italian Senate, XIII Legislature Nicola Mancino at Italian Senate, XIV Legislature Nicola Mancino at Radio Radicale |- |- |- 1931 births Living people People from the Province of Avellino Italian Ministers of the Interior Presidents of the Italian Senate Presidents of Campania Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Italian politicians Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy politicians 21st-century Italian politicians