Consigliere

Consigliere (/ˌkɒnsɪliˈɛəri/ KON-sil-ee-AIR-ee,[1] Italian: [konsiʎˈʎɛːre]; plural consiglieri) is a position within the leadership structure of the Sicilian, Calabrian, and Italian-American Mafia.

[citation needed] The boss, underboss, and consigliere constitute the top three positions and a three-man ruling panel, or "administration".

[2] Two decades later, another Colombo consigliere, Carmine Sessa, led a hit team that attempted to assassinate the acting boss, Victor Orena.

[2] Frank Bompensiero was appointed consigliere of the Los Angeles crime family in 1976, only to be murdered in a public phone booth in February 1977.

[2] When New Jersey consigliere Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile discovered in 1992 that his family's underboss, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato, was bisexual, he ordered him killed.