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Pat Fiacco

Pat Fiacco
Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan
In office
2000–2012
Preceded byDouglas R. Archer
Succeeded byMichael Fougere
Personal details
BornRegina, Saskatchewan
OccupationDirector of Strategic Business Development at DirectWest

Pat (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,[1][2] after serving as the CEO of Tourism Saskatchewan since November 2012.[3] On January 27, 2015, it was announced Fiacco had stepped down from his position with Hospitals of Regina Foundation, effective January 21, 2015.[4] He was born and raised in Regina.

Personal history

Fiacco served in the 2004 Athens Olympics as the Canadian referee and judge for the boxing event, and [5] has held provincial and Canadian amateur boxing championships, such as Canada's amateur bantamweight crown in 1980.[6] He has also served as 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.[7]

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.[8]

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 serving with 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.[9]

He serves as 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.[10]

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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Pat Fiacco to head Hospitals of Regina Foundation". cbc.ca.
  2. ^ "Contact Us - new - Hospitals of Regina Foundation". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  3. ^ "Fiacco new tourism sask. CEO". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  4. ^ "Pat Fiacco leaves Hospitals of Regina Foundation | News Talk 980 CJME". www.cjme.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06.
  5. ^ Hon. Mr. Wartman, The Honourable P. Myron Kowalsky Speaker (May 3, 2005), May 3, 2005 Hansard FIRST SESSION – TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (PDF), retrieved 2007-08-03
  6. ^ FORUM In Profile, Bob Weidman (March–April 2006), 07.Profile 26-27 Regina's mayor spars with crime, knocks down economic decline (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2006, retrieved 2007-08-03
  7. ^ BCG Canada Inc., Welcome to the Regina Boxing Club – Ken Goff Memorial, archived from the original on 2013-01-15, retrieved 2007-08-03
  8. ^ City of Regina – Information, Services, Attractions, Recreation, archived from the original on April 18, 2007, retrieved 2007-08-03
  9. ^ McEachern, Terrence (October 25, 2012). "Michael Fougere elected mayor of Regina". Regina Leader-Post. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  10. ^ Wednesday, June 6, 2007 – Building Your Economic Foundation Capacity Umbria (PDF), 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2007, retrieved 2007-08-03
  11. ^ Regina Leader Post. U of R honours former Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco Retrieved 28 Nov 2012
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Fiacco