{{short description|Italian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mario Diana | image = | order = President of Province of Oristano | term_start = 2000 | term_end = 2005 | predecessor = Gian Valerio Sanna | successor = Pasquale Onida | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | order3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|05|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Simala, Italy | alma_mater = | profession = Politician | party = Christian Democracy<br>National Alliance<br>The People of Freedom }} '''Mario Diana''' (born 9 May 1947) is an Italian politician.
==Biography== Diana belongs to a noble family, well known in Marmilla. He subsequently transplanted to Oristano, where he has lived for years in the San Paolo-Torangius neighborhood. He is married and has three children. Before joining political activity full time, he worked as an entrepreneur in the auto parts sector and later in the real estate sector. Between the 80s and 90s he was also president of the FIGC of Oristano and regional councilor of the same Federation; president of the Ales football club and more recently of the main football team of Oristano, Tharros.<ref>[https://www.linkoristano.it/2013/11/06/mario-diana-impresa-sport-e-politica-ecco-la-sua-storia/ Mario Diana: impresa, sport e politica. Ecco la sua storia]</ref>
He was municipal councilor of Oristano for Christian Democracy between 1990 and 1993 and again between 1998 and 2000. In 2000 he was elected president of the province of oristano with 56.50% of the preferences,<ref>[http://www.fontesarda.it/quo/q2000_04.htm Notizie Elezioni Provinciali in Sardegna Aprile 2000]</ref> while in 2001 he also became regional councilor, taking over from Emilio Floris. He was re-elected to the Regional Council of Sardinia in 2004 with 1,924 personal preferences.
In June 2012 he left the PdL with other regional councilors and founded his own group, ''Sardinia is already tomorrow'', also passing to the opposition of the centre-right regional government.<ref>[https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/si-spacca-la-maggioranza-in-regionefuori-lombardo-diana-campus-e-mulas-d4coso56 Si spacca la maggioranza in Regione Fuori Lombardo, Diana, Campus e Mulas]</ref>
In 2013 Diana was arrested for unlawful use of funds to groups in the Regional Council,<ref>[https://www.corriere.it/politica/13_novembre_06/fondi-gruppi-regionali-sardegna-arrestati-deputati-pdl-mario-diana-carlo-sanjust-cb234956-46cd-11e3-a177-8913f7fc280b.shtml Fondi ai gruppi regionali in Sardegna, arrestati i deputati del Pdl Mario Diana e Carlo Sanjust]</ref> while in 2018 he was sentenced to {{frac|5|1|2}} years of imprisonment.<ref>[https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/07/13/spese-pazze-sardegna-condannato-a-5-anni-e-mezzo-lex-pdl-diana-usato-come-paravento-dagli-altri-consiglieri/4490226/ Spese pazze Sardegna, condannato a 5 anni e mezzo l'ex Pdl Diana: "Usato come paravento dagli altri consiglieri"]</ref>
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