Gerardo Chiaromonte (November 29, 1924 – April 7, 1993) was an Italian communist politician, engineer, journalist, and writer.

He was born in Naples on November 29, 1924 into a poor family from Roccanova, a small village in the province of Potenza.

In 1991 he supported the transformation of the PCI in the Democratic Party of the Left (Partito democratico della Sinistra, PDS).

[6][7][8] The Commission studied the connections between the four Mafia-type organizations and the links between the Mafia and secret Masonic lodges.

It lobbied for the introduction of new legislation such as the reform of the Rognoni-La Torre law whereby asset seizure and confiscation provisions were applicable to other forms of criminal association including drug trafficking, extortion and usury among others.