Former senator Nino Strano has died. Ill for some time, he was 73 years old: a historic right-wing activist in Catania, both in the MSI and the National Alliance, Strano was also a regional councilor. In the seventies he was director of Giovane Italia, first in Catania, then of Fuan and the Youth Front. In 1976 he was elected councilor of the municipality of Catania on the lists of the Italian Social Movement, always being reconfirmed until 1993. In 1994 he became a member of the Regional Assembly of Sicily, replacing Benito Paolone, and returning to the MSI, he became a member of the 3rd Legislative Commission permanent, of Productive and Agricultural Activities. In 1996 he was re-elected in the Catania constituency for the National Alliance. He was appointed regional advisor for Tourism, Communications and Transport in center-right governments (1996-1998).
In 2001 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the National Alliance list. In 2006 he was elected to the Senate of the Republic and the scene in which he ate mortadella to celebrate the fall of the Prodi government, defeated in the Senate on January 24, 2008, became famous. A scene that immediately recirculated on social media after the announcement. of his death.
Source: IL Tempo
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