Mario Fasino

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]