Gianfranco Miccichè (born 1 April 1954) is an Italian politician.
Biography
Gianfranco Miccichè was born into a wealthy family of Palermo, Sicily. He was business executive at the IRFIS company for eleven years. In 1984, thanks to the knowledge of Marcello Dell'Utri, he became executive of Publitalia '80, a company led by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1993, together with other men of Publitalia '80, he joined Forza Italia, of which he was appointed regional coordinator in Sicily.
In the 2006 Sicilian regional election he was elected in the Sicilian Regional Assembly, of which he was appointed President. In the 2008 general election he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies. On 12 May 2008 the Council of Ministers appointed Miccichè as Undersecretary of State with responsibility for CIPE (Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning).
In the 2013 general election he was candidate for the Senate with his party Great South, but he was not elected. Subsequently, he was appointed as Undersecretary of State for Public Administration and Simplification in the Letta Cabinet but he resigned in August after that the Court of Cassation notified the condemnation of Berlusconi.[1] In November 2013 he joined the reborn Forza Italia.
On 19 July 2018 he became an MEP to replace Salvo Pogliese, who resigned after being elected mayor of Catania. Despite the double mandate, he did not resign as an MEP, until the Court of Cassation declared him lapsed on 4 September 2018, due to incompatibility with his role as regional deputy. Innocenzo Leontini took his place in the European Parliament.[3][4]
Based on a recent investigation, Micciché has been seen buying cocaine from his auto blu, chauffeur driven car paid by the taxpayers, but was not prosecuted as he was only a consumer.[5]