Francesco Martino (24 March 1937 – 3 October 2017) was an Italian politician, and the

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from 1993 to 1995.

Biography

University professor in

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

, he was the nephew of the former foreign minister

Gaetano Martino Gaetano Martino (25 November 1900 – 21 July 1967) was an Italian politician, physician, and university teacher. Early life and medicine Gaetano Martino was born in 1900 in Messina, Sicily, son of its Mayor Antonino Martino. He graduated in me ...

. Exponent of the

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, he was elected provincial councilor in Messina. In 1976 he was elected deputy to the

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on the PLI list and was re-elected for four legislatures, until 1996. He was regional assessor for the Territory from 1981 to 1982 and for Industry from 1984 to 1985 and from 1986 to 1987. He was president of the Sicilian Region in a centrist government (48th), from 21 December 1993 to 16 May 1995, after the season of the mafia massacres, in a moment of transition of the First Republic. Later he made an experience in the Committee of the Regions of the European Union and then retired from politics.

References

1937 births 2017 deaths Presidents of Sicily Politicians from Messina {{Italy-politician-stub