Stefano Cusumano

Place: Sciacca

Born: 1948

Death: 2008

Biography:

Stefano Cusumano, also known as Nuccio Cusumano, was an Italian politician. He was born in Sciacca, Italy, in 1948 and died in 2008. He held a law degree and worked as an entrepreneur and journalist. In the course of his political career, he held several government positions, including Undersecretary of State for the Treasury during the premiership of Massimo D'Alema, between 1998 and 1999. He was a member of the Italian People's Party (PPI) and helped then-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi survive a vote of confidence in 1994. In 1999, he was arrested under allegations of corruption in relation to construction contracts for a hospital in Sicily. In 2007, he was exonerated completely. In 2008, he supported Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a confidence vote, against the instructions of his party, UDEUR. He was expelled from UDEUR and joined the Democratic Party. He was not re-elected in the April 2008 elections.