Luigi Rossi di Montelera
Luigi Rossi di Montelera (14 May 1946 – 15 November 2018) was an Italian company manager and politician. He was a member of the Christian Democracy. Rossi di Montelera was born in Turin, Italy.[1] He was a member of the Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1992.
He was also a businessman who managed Martini & Rossi, while between 1995 and 2008 he was president of the Bacardi-Martini company.[2]
Rossi di Montelera was kidnapped by a group of bandits of the Corleonesi Mafia clan, led by Luciano Leggio, and held as a prisoner in the bunker of a farmhouse in Treviglio, near Bergamo.[3] He was freed by the agents of the Guardia di Finanza on 14 March 1974.
Rossi di Montelera died of a heart attack on 15 November 2018, at the age of 72, while he was in Aosta, Italy.[4]
References
- ↑ "Malore durante la caccia, muore il nobile Luigi Rossi di Montelera: 45 anni fa venne rapito". Corriere della Sera. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ "Luigi Rossi Di Montelera, Martini E Rossi Spa: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ "«Quei giorni da sequestrato 40 anni fa nel bunker di Treviglio»". Eco di Bergamo. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ "Malore mentre è a caccia in montagna: muore Luigi Rossi di Montelera, dirigente e politico. Fu rapito dai corleonesi". La Repubblica. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.