Nicola Cosentino


Nicola Cosentino is an Italian politician. He was until 1/21 the regional coordinator of Forza Italia in Campania.

Biography

Cosentino was born in Casal di Principe, one of Camorra's strongholds near Naples. He is a distant relative of the Casalesi clan boss Giuseppe Russo.
Cosentino, a member of the Italian Socialist Democratic Party, was municipal counsellor in 1978-1980, then provincial counsellor from 1980 to 1995. In that year he was elected into the Italian Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia. In 2005 he ran for the Presidency of the Province of Caserta, but was defeated by the centre-left candidate Sandro De Franciscis. Cosentino was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in April 2008 for the Popolo della Libertà, Berlusconi's alliance. In September of the same year, he was involved. He was called in by several entrepreneurs and Popolo della Libertà politicians. According to Rome's Tribunal, the accuses were:
On 14 July 2010, Cosentino resigned as undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Economy, although he retained the role as regional coordinator of Popolo della Libertà in Campania.