What is Ferdinando Imposimato?
[[File:Ferdinando Imposimato 2016.jpg|thumb|Imposimato in October 2016]] '''Ferdinando Imposimato''' (9 April 1936 – 2 January 2018) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[magistrate]]. He was the Honorary [[President]] of the [[Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)|Supreme Court of Italy]] until his death. He was known for being a high-ranking [[prosecutor]]. He led the investigations of the [[kidnapping]] of [[Aldo Moro]], [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]]'s attempted [[assassination]] of [[Pope John Paul II]], the assassination of [[banker]] [[Michele Sindona]] and many [[Mafia]] trials. He was twice a member of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]]. In January 2015, he was nominated by the [[Five Star Movement]] as its [[candidate]] for the [[Italian presidential election, 2015|2015 presidential election]]. An [[online]] [[survey]] by supporters of the movement won him 32% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/speciali/politica/elezioni-presidente-repubblica-edizione2015/2015/01/29/news/colle_anche_bersani_e_prodi_nelle_quirinarie_m5s_per_tentare_la_sinistra_si_vota_fino_alle_14-106064801/|title=Quirinarie M5s: il candidato è Imposimato, seguono Prodi e Di Matteo|work=[[la Repubblica]]|date=29 January 2017|access-date=2 January 2018|language=it}}</ref> Imposimato was born in [[Maddaloni]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] from the [[University of Naples Federico II|University of Naples]] in 1959. He became a magistrate in 1964. Imposimato died on 2 January 2018 in [[Rome]], at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/01/02/magistrate-imposimato-dies-3_7b72b6e9-17de-4b47-818f-eeb22ac9b1af.html|title=Magistrate Imposimato dies (3)|work=ANSA.it|date=2 January 2018|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Imposimato, Ferdinando}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Italian human rights activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Campania]] [[Category:Italian judges]] {{Bio-stub}}