{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = PatFiacco.jpg | name = Pat Fiacco | image_size = 250 px | caption = | order = | office = [[List of mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan|Mayor]] of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]] | term_start = 2000 | term_end = 2012 | predecessor = [[Douglas R. Archer]] | successor = [[Michael Fougere]] | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = Director of Strategic Business Development at DirectWest | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Pasquale Fiacco''' is the former [[mayor of Regina]], the capital city of [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, from 2000 to 2012. In June 2014, he became president and chief executive officer of the Hospitals of Regina Foundation,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/pat-fiacco-to-head-hospitals-of-regina-foundation-1.2625374 |title=Pat Fiacco to head Hospitals of Regina Foundation |website=cbc.ca }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hrf.sk.ca/contact |title=Contact Us - new - Hospitals of Regina Foundation |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216213027/http://www.hrf.sk.ca/contact |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> after having been the CEO of Tourism Saskatchewan since November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=018865d0-3a85-4565-9224-744eaa49fa59 |title=Fiacco new tourism sask. CEO |access-date=2012-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016230902/http://www2.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=018865d0-3a85-4565-9224-744eaa49fa59 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On January 27, 2015, it was announced Fiacco had stepped down from his position with Hospitals of Regina Foundation, effective January 21, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cjme.com/story/pat-fiacco-leaves-hospitals-regina-foundation/526173 |title=Pat Fiacco leaves Hospitals of Regina Foundation {{!}} News Talk 980 CJME |website=www.cjme.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206033013/http://www.cjme.com/story/pat-fiacco-leaves-hospitals-regina-foundation/526173 |archive-date=2015-02-06}}</ref> He was born and raised in Regina.
==Personal history== Fiacco worked at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]] as the Canadian referee and judge for the [[boxing]] event, and <ref name="hansard">{{Citation | last =Hon. Mr. Wartman | first =The Honourable P. Myron Kowalsky Speaker | author-link = | title =May 3, 2005 Hansard FIRST SESSION – TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | date =May 3, 2005 | url =http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/Hansard/25L1S/050503Hansard.pdf | accessdate = 2007-08-03 }}</ref> has held provincial and Canadian amateur boxing championships, such as Canada's amateur bantamweight crown in 1980.<ref name="forum">{{Citation | last = FORUM In Profile | first =Bob Weidman | author-link = | title =07.Profile 26-27 Regina's mayor spars with crime, knocks down economic decline | date =March–April 2006 | url =http://www.fcm.ca/english/publications/profile3.pdf | accessdate = 2007-08-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060923030810/http://www.fcm.ca/english/publications/profile3.pdf |archivedate = September 23, 2006}}</ref> He has also was the Head Official of Boxing Canada. Ken Goff's son George Goff and Fiacco implemented the Ken Goff Memorial Boxing Classic, in memory of Ken Goff.<ref name="kengoff">{{Citation| last =BCG Canada Inc.| title =Welcome to the Regina Boxing Club – Ken Goff Memorial| url =http://www.reginaboxingclub.ca/pages/memorial.php3| accessdate =2007-08-03| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://archive.today/20130115142432/http://www.reginaboxingclub.ca/pages/memorial.php3| archivedate =2013-01-15}}</ref>
Fiacco has also contributed to the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]], [[Telemiracle]] 22, the Big Valley Jamboree, the Ken Goff Memorial Boxing Classic, Sask Sport and Hockey Regina.<ref name="mayor">{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | title =City of Regina – Information, Services, Attractions, Recreation | date = | year = | url =http://www.regina.ca/content/city_hall/ward_map/fiacco.shtml | accessdate = 2007-08-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070418063929/http://www.regina.ca/content/city_hall/ward_map/fiacco.shtml |archivedate = April 18, 2007}}</ref>
==Political career== Fiacco was elected mayor in 2000, as a political newcomer. He received an endorsement from the Regina Police Association by then union president Troy Hagen after the number of police officers working for the [[Regina Police Service]] decreased by 31 during the mayoralty of [[Doug Archer]]. Fiacco was elected by acclamation in 2003, and re-elected on October 25, 2006. On October 28, 2009, Fiacco was elected to his fourth term. He did not run for a fifth term, and was succeeded as mayor by former councillor Michael Fougere.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://leaderpost.com/news/regina/Michael+Fougere+elected+mayor+Regina/7442553/story.html |title = Michael Fougere elected mayor of Regina |last = McEachern |first = Terrence |work = [[Regina Leader-Post]] |publisher = [[Postmedia Network]] |date = October 25, 2012 |accessdate = 2012-10-25}}</ref>
He is a member on the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority (RREDA); the Mayor's Task Force on Regina's Future; the Regina Board of Police Commissioners; the Regina Crime Prevention Commission; the Wascana Centre Authority; the Big City Mayors’ Caucus; the Canadian Capital Cities Organization and the Saskatchewan City Mayor's Caucus.<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | title =Wednesday, June 6, 2007 – Building Your Economic Foundation Capacity Umbria | year =2007 | url =http://www.brei.org/conferences/2007/SpeakerBios.pdf | accessdate = 2007-08-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071006214555/http://www.brei.org/conferences/2007/SpeakerBios.pdf |archivedate = October 6, 2007}}</ref>
On November 28, 2012, Fiacco received the President's Community Award from the [[University of Regina]] in recognition of service to the province of Saskatchewan.<ref>[https://leaderpost.com ''Regina Leader Post''.] [https://leaderpost.com/travel/Former+Regina+Mayor+Fiacco+honoured+University+Regina/7623683/story.html U of R honours former Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco] Retrieved 28 Nov 2012</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan}}
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