Antonio Falconio

{{Short description|Italian politician (1938–2021)}}

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| name = Antonio Falconio

| image = Antonio Falconio.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|05|26}}

| birth_place = Navelli, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|12|22|1938|05|26}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| nationality = Italian

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| party = DC (until 1994)
PPI (1994–2002)
UdC (since 2002)

| office = President of Abruzzo

| term_start = 8 June 1995

| term_end = 9 May 2000

| predecessor = {{ill|Vincenzo Del Colle|it}}

| successor = Giovanni Pace

| office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy

| term_start2 = 15 June 1979

| term_end2 = 11 July 1983

| constituency2 = {{ill|Constituency of L'Aquila-Pescara-Chieti-Teramo|it|Circoscrizione L'Aquila-Pescara-Chieti-Teramo}}

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Antonio Falconio (26 May 1938 – 22 December 2021) was an Italian politician. A member of the Christian Democracy party and later the Italian People's Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 to 1983{{cite web|url=https://storia.camera.it/deputato/antonio-falconio-19380526|title=Antonio Falconio|work=Camera dei deputati|language=Italian}} and was President of Abruzzo from 1995 to 2000.{{cite web|url=https://amministratori.interno.gov.it/amministratori/ServletNomeReg3?campo1=781658&campo2=a|title=Ricerca per cognome e nome - Nuova Ricerca|work=Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali|date=23 February 2017 |language=Italian}}

Falconio died on 22 December 2021, at the age of 83.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 December 2021|title=Scomparsa Falconio, cordoglio del presidente Marsilio e dell'assessore Liris|trans-title= |url=https://www.regione.abruzzo.it/content/scomparsa-falconio-cordoglio-del-presidente-marsilio-e-dellassessore-liris|language=Italian|work=Abruzzo|location= |access-date=24 December 2021}}