In The Godfather 2 Fredo Corleone was actually the Corleone Family's Underboss? After the passing of Don Michael Corleone’s trusted and loyal underboss, Peter Clemenza, he needed to find a replacement, and fast.But instead of naming one of his capable capos as his new underboss, Michael decided to take a different approach. He named Fredo as the new underboss, A move that many would question within the Corleone family. Now The top 3 positions in the organization were occupied by those the don could absolutely trust, those who were literally part of the Corleone family. But putting Fredo in this powerful position only works because he did the following. He gave the status and power to Fredo, someone he knew that had absolute loyalty to him. But the day to day operations were passed down to Frankie Five Angels, one of Clemenza’s top men, and was often regarded as the real underboss of the family. The reason behind this move is quite interesting. You see, Michael had learnt from experience that betrayal from those high in the family’s hierarchy leads to disaster, and so, even though he was lucky that his former underboss didn't betray him, there is no guarantee that his other men won’t. He could have abolished the position, but he knew that would send the wrong message, therefore he gave this position to Fredo, which seemed to be a the safer move, Since it was impossible for Fredo to ever overthrow him. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 #mafia #thegodfather #alpacino