About Me: Well my names cody most know me by consig <---- that stands for consigliare ( histrory and what that means below ) Consigliere (Italian consigliere "counselor", pronounced [konsiʎˈʎɛËre]) is a position in the American Mafia. The word was popularized by Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather (1969), and its film adaptation. In the novel, a consigliere is an adviser or counselor to a mafia Don, with the additional responsibility of representing the don in important meetings both within the don's crime family and with other crime families. The consigliere is a close, trusted friend and confidant, the mob's version of an elder statesman. He is devoid of ambition and dispenses disinterested advice. This passive image of the consigliere does not correspond with what little is known of real-life consiglieri.[1] A real-life Mafia consigliere is generally the number three person in a crime family, after don (Don) and underboss in most cases.[2] A crime family normally has only one consigliere at a time, but bosses have on occasion appointed more than one. The Don, underboss, and consigliere constitute a three-man ruling panel, or "Administration."[3]