Licio Gelli
Licio Gelli | |
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| Born | 21 April 1919 |
| Died | 15 December 2015 (aged 96) Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Organization | Propaganda Due (until 1982) |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Political party | National Fascist Party (1939–1943) Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945) |
| Spouses | Wanda Vannacci
(m. 1944; died 1993)Gabriela Vasile (m. 2006) |
| Children | Raffaello (b. 1947) Maria Rosa (b. 1956) Maurizio (b. 1959) |
Licio Gelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːtʃo ˈdʒɛlli]; 21 April 1919 – 15 December 2015) was an Italian Freemason and businessman. A fascist volunteer in his youth, he is chiefly known for his role in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal and in the Bologna massacre. He was revealed in 1981 as being the Venerable Master of the clandestine Masonic lodge Propaganda Due (P2). This would lead to him getting arrested in Switzerland in 1982. He managed to escape from prison the next year, but eventually agreed to surrender him back into the custody of Swiss authorities for a short period of time in 1987. From 1996 until his death in 2015, Gelli remained mostly under house arrest at his home in Arezzo, Italy.