Rocco Salini (24 February 1931 – 2 December 2016) was an Italian physician and politician who served as the President of the region of Abruzzo from 1990 to 1992.

[1] He also served a Senator from 2001 to 2006, as well as the Undersecretary of Health briefly for just one month within the second government of then-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

[1][2] A physician by profession, Salini was a member of the Senate committee on health and hygiene.

[1] He and his government were forced to resign in 1992 due to a corruption scandal over the misuse of European Union funds.

[2] Rocco Salini returned to politics in 2000 when he was elected as a Forza Italia regional councilor.