| Mario Fasino | |
| Office: | President of Sicily |
| Term Start: | 20 September 1969 |
| Term End: | 22 December 1972 |
| Predecessor: | Vincenzo Carollo |
| Successor: | Vincenzo Giummara |
| Office2: | President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 10 April 1974 |
| Term End2: | 20 June 1976 |
| Predecessor2: | Angelo Bonfiglio |
| Successor2: | Pancrazio De Pasquale |
| Birth Date: | 1920 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | San Severo, Province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy |
| Death Place: | Palermo, Sicily |
| Party: | DC |
Mario Fasino (26 July 1920 – 17 January 2017) was an Italian politician, journalist, and one of the co-founders of Christian Democratic Party (DC) in Sicily. He served as the President of the region of Sicily from 20 September 1969 until 22 December 1972.[1] [2] Fasino was elected President of the Sicilian Regional Assembly from 1974 to 1976.[1] In addition to his political career, Fasino, a journalist, was the director of "Voce cattolica", the official publication of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo.[1] [2]
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 President of Sicily, the head of the regional government.[1] He led five separate Sicilian governments from 1969 until he left the office of the presidency on 22 December 1972.[1]
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 Palermo, Sicily, on 17 January 2017, at the age of 96.[1] [2] His funeral was held at the Santa Maria di Monserrato Church in Palermo.[2]