Marcello Dell'Utri (born 11 September 1941) is a convicted mafia criminal and a former Italian politician and senior advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Formerly Senator in the Italian Senate for The People of Freedom political party, he was also member of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe and of the Italian Parliamentary Delegation to the Western European Union (WEO). He was appointed artistic director of the now closed Teatro Lirico in Milan by the then mayor Letizia Moratti (PDL party) his appointment has been strongly criticized by art critic and then Head of Culture Department of the Municipality of Milan Vittorio Sgarbi .