Pietro Longo is an Italian politician.

Longo was born in Rome. His mother, Rosetta Longo, from Campobasso

Campobasso

-Main sights:The main attraction of Campobasso is the Castello Monforte, built in 1450 by the local ruler Nicola II Monforte, over Lombard or Norman ruins. The castle has Guelph merlons and stands on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements have been found...

, was an old member of the Italian Socialist Party

Italian Socialist Party

The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...

. Longo studied social sciences, and was one of the founder of the Censis (Italian Census Institute).

On 20 October 1978 he became secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party

Italian Democratic Socialist Party

The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian...

 (Partito Socialist Democratico Italiano, PSDI). He was confirmed as secretary in the party's 18th congress, held in Rome in February 1980, and in the 19th, held in Milan in March 1982. Longo was also minister for Economic Balance in Bettino Craxi

Bettino Craxi

Benedetto Craxi was an Italian politician, head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993, the first socialist President of the Council of Ministers of Italy from 1983 to 1987.-Political career:...

's first cabinet.

In 1984 he had to resign first from his government position, and later (1985) as secretary, after the Loggia P2 scandal, whose members list included him since 1981. He was succeeded as PSDI secretary by Franco Nicolazzi

Franco Nicolazzi

Franco Nicolazzi is an Italian politician.Nicolazzi was born at Gattico, in the province of Novara, and during World War II fought against the German occupation of Italy in the Brigate Matteotti...

. In the 1987 general elections

Italian general election, 1987

The Italian election of 1987 was held on June 14. Italian citizens chose the tenth Parliament of the Italian Republic.This election marked the final inversion of the trend of the entire republican history of Italy: for the first time, the distance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists...

 he was not confirmed in the Parliament and lost judicial immunity. Longo thus underwent trial for the ICOMEC bribe scandal, being condemned in first (1989), second (1991) and third (1992) grade. The last condemnation caused him imprisonment in Rome's Rebibbia

Rebibbia

Rebibbia is a suburb of Rome, Italy, on the Via Tiburtina on the northeast edge of the city.The suburb, first developed at the start of the 20th century, consists almost completely of family homes, largely built with few floors and small gardens, in an almost rural style.The two churches of the Via...

jail. In the meantime Longo had entered the Italian Socialist Party in 1989.