Giovanni Pace

{{Short description|Italian politician and accountant (1933–2018)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Giovanni Pace

|image = Giovanni_Pace_daticamera_1996.jpg

|office = President of Abruzzo

|term_start = 18 May 2000

|term_end = 22 April 2005

|predecessor = Antonio Falconio

|successor = Ottaviano Del Turco

|office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

|term_start3 = 15 April 1994

|term_end3 = 19 April 2000{{Cite web|url=http://leg13.camera.it/cartellecomuni/leg13/Deputati/scheda_deputato/scheda.asp?id=d00426|title = Camera dei Deputati - XIII legislatura - Deputati - la scheda personale}}

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|party = AN (1995–2009)

|otherparty = MSI (until 1995)

|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|18|df=y}}

|birth_place = Chieti, Abruzzo, Kingdom of Italy

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|5|19|1933|11|18|df=y}}

|death_place = Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy

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Giovanni Pace (18 November 1933 – 19 May 2018) was an Italian accountant and politician.

Pace was born and raised in the city of Chieti.{{cite news|title=Morto Giovanni Pace, ex presidente della Regione Abruzzo|url=http://www.primadanoi.it/news/cronaca/577836/morto-giovanni-pace-ex-presidente-della-regione-abruzzo.html|accessdate=20 May 2018|work=Prima Da Noi|date=19 May 2018|language=it}} He and {{ill|Nicola Cucullo|it}} studied business and economics together at university.{{cite news|title=E' morto Giovanni Pace|url=http://www.rete8.it/cronaca/123morto-giovanni-pace/|accessdate=20 May 2018|publisher=Rete 8|date=19 May 2018|language=it}}

Pace worked as an accountant and helped establish a branch of the Italian Social Movement in Abruzzo. From 1960 to 1975, Pace served on the Chieti municipal council as a member of the MSI. Between 1990 and 1993, Pace was city auditor. He won election to the Chamber of Deputies in 1994 but ran for reelection in 1996 under the National Alliance banner.{{cite news|title=Lutto nella politica: si è spento Giovanni Pace, la camera ardente in Provincia|url=http://www.chietitoday.it/cronaca/morto-giovanni-pace.html|accessdate=20 May 2018|work=Chieti Today|date=19 May 2018|language=it}} Pace, representing House of Freedoms coalition, was narrowly elected President of Abruzzo in 2000, and held office until 2005 election.

Pace died in Chieti on 19 May 2018 at the age of 84.