14 Facts About Piero Fassino

Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino was born on 7 October 1949 and is an Italian politician.

Piero Fassino was Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016.

Piero Fassino's father Eugenio was a partisan, commander of the 41st Garibaldi Brigade, and his paternal grandfather Piero was beaten to death by the Italian Fascists in 1944 because he did not want to reveal his son's hideout, while his maternal grandfather Cesare Grisa was one of the founders of the Italian Socialist Party.

Piero Fassino registered with the Italian Communist Youth Federation of Turin in 1968.

Piero Fassino was secretary of the provincial Italian Communist Party federation of Turin from 1983 to 1987, when he was elected as a member of the National Secretary's Office of the party, first as the Secretary's Office Coordinator, then as Responsible of Organization, during the period where the party was transformed from the PCI into the Democratic Party of the Left.

From 1991 to 1996, Piero Fassino was International Secretary of the new party; in 1994 he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies.

From 2007 until 2010, Piero Fassino served as the European Union's special envoy for Myanmar, appointed by the Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana.

In 2001, during the National Party Congress of the Democrats of the Left, Piero Fassino was elected as secretary.

Piero Fassino was then re-elected in February 2005, during the party congress.

Piero Fassino served as Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016.

Piero Fassino has been serving as a member of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2018.

Piero Fassino serves as the Assembly's co-rapporteur on Serbia and Libya.

Piero Fassino received the America Award from the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.

Piero Fassino is married to Anna Maria Serafini, who was elected to the Italian Senate in 2006.