Overview
- His death was confirmed by former DC colleague Gianfranco Rotondi after speaking with Pomicino’s wife, with reports noting he had been hospitalized for several days in Rome.
- He rose as a key Andreotti ally, became a dominant figure in Naples, and was widely known by the nicknames o’ ministro and o’ vicerè.
- He served as minister for the Public Function (1988–89) and the Budget (1989–92) and earlier led the Chamber’s Budget Committee for five years, exerting major influence over public spending.
- During the Mani Pulite era he faced 42 prosecutions and received a definitive sentence of one year and eight months for illicit party financing in the Enimont case, while many other proceedings ended in acquittals or dismissals.
- After the 1990s he returned to elected office as a Member of the European Parliament in 2004 and a deputy in 2006, even as he contended with severe cardiac disease that required multiple bypass surgeries and a 2007 heart transplant.