Paolo Emanuele Borsellino ( Italian: Paolo Emanuele Borsellino , 1940-1992) - Italian magistrate , famous for his struggle with the mafia . In 1992, two months after the murder of his friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone , Borsellino was killed by a bomb in his car [1] .
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| Date of Birth | January 19, 1940 |
| Place of Birth | Palermo |
| Date of death | July 19, 1992 (52 years old) |
| Place of death | Palermo |
| Citizenship |  Italy |
| Occupation | mafia fighter, judge, deputy prosecutor of Palermo |
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The names of Borsellino and his best friend Giovanni Falcone, who also died at the hands of the mafia in 1992, are the international airport of Palermo .
Rewards
- Gold medal “For civic valor” (August 5, 1992, posthumously) [2]
Notes
- ↑ Italy recalls judge and mafia fighter Paolo Borsellino , euronews (July 19, 2012). Date of appeal September 17, 2013.
- ↑ Medaglia d'oro al valor civile Borsellino Paolo (Italian)
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paolo Borsellino
- Biography of Paolo Borsellino (Italian) .