Marino Quaresimin (22 November 1937 – 20 March 2020) was an Italian politician who served as mayor of

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

from 1995 to 1998.

Biography

He was born in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. Quaresimin served as the mayor of

from 1995 to 1998. During his political career, he was a member of the Italian People's Party, but later switched to The Daisy party. From 1999 to 2008, he was a member of the

City Council. Quaresimin died in Vicenza from

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on 20 March 2020, aged 82, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.Coronavirus, morto l'ex sindaco Marino Quaresimin

Honors

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

(5th Class/Knight) * Commendatore OMRI BAR

(3rd Class/Commander)

References

1937 births 2020 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Veneto Mayors of Vicenza People from Vicenza Politicians of Veneto {{Italy-mayor-stub