He was just Caporegime.

Evolution off the Caporegimi:

Clemenza - Tessio (Part 1, Don Vito)
=>
Clemenza - Tessio - Rocco - Neri (Part 1, Don Michael)
=>
Rocco - Neri - Pentangeli (Part 2, Don Michael)
=>
Neri - Zasa (Part 3, Don Michael)

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See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.