Mario D’Acquisto, 95 years old, historic exponent of the DC, president of the Sicilian Region from 1980 to 1982 (after the murder of Piersanti Mattarella on 6 January 1980) and vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1993, has died in Palermo. In the seventies from May ’69 to June ’74 he held the position of mayor of the municipality of Mezzojuso. In 1983 D’Acquisto, close to Salvo Lima, was elected on the DC list in the Chamber of Deputies, where he was re-elected for another two legislatures. In 1987 he was undersecretary of the Budget in the Goria government, and from April 1988 to July 1989 undersecretary of Justice in the De Mita government. From 1989 to 1990 he chaired first the Budget commission and then the Finance commission. During the second Berlusconi government he was appointed president of Italia Lavoro Sicilia, a position he held until June 2009.
He was “the protagonist of an important season”: Schifani’s condolences
«With the death of Mario D’Acquisto, Sicily loses a protagonist of an important season of its institutional life. As president of the Region and as a man of the institutions he went through difficult and complex years for our island. I address to his family and loved ones, on my personal behalf and that of the regional government, the most sincere feeling of condolence and closeness.” This was stated by the president of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, who also recalled “the long political and institutional commitment of D’Acquisto, who served Sicily and the national Parliament by covering roles of great responsibility”.