Mario Fasino
Mario Fasino | |
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President of Sicily | |
In office 20 September 1969 – 22 December 1972 | |
Preceded by | Vincenzo Carollo |
Succeeded by | Vincenzo Giummara |
President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly | |
In office 10 April 1974 – 20 June 1976 | |
Preceded by | Angelo Bonfiglio |
Succeeded by | Pancrazio De Pasquale |
Personal details | |
Born | San Severo, Province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy | 26 July 1920
Died | 17 January 2017 Palermo, Sicily | (aged 96)
Political party | DC |
Mario Fasino (26 July 1920 – 17 January 2017) was an Italian politician, journalist, and one of the co-founders of
Biography
Fasino was born in 1920 in San Severo, Province of Foggia, Apulia.[2] He was first elected to the Sicilian Regional Assembly in 1951, representing a constituency in Palermo.[1][2] Fasino would win re-election to the Sicilian Regional Assembly for an additional seven terms during his career.[1]
In 1969, Fasino was elected
Two years later, Fasino was elected President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly, succeeding the outgoing speaker, Angelo Bonfiglio, who had been elected to the national Chamber of Deputies.[1][2] Fasino headed the Sicilian Regional Assembly as President from 1974 until 1976.[1]
In 1981, Fasino lost re-election to the Sicilian Regional Assembly.[1][2] However, he returned to the Assembly in 1983 when he was appointed to fill the vacant seat of Mario D'Acquisto, who had been elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[1] Fasino declined to seek re-election to Assembly in 1986, but remained a high-ranking official within the Sicilian regional DC Party.[1] He was also appointed to the Christian Democratic Party (DC) national council.[1]
Fasino later became the President of the Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani (CSFLS) (Center of Philology Studies and Sicilian Language).[1] During the 1990s, Fasino was also appointed to the Sicilian Council of Regional Culture.[1][2]
Mario Fasino died in
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