Giuseppe Cassì

{{Short description|Italian politician, lawyer and basketball player}}

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|name = Giuseppe Cassì

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|office = Mayor of Ragusa

|term_start = 27 June 2018

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|predecessor = Federico Piccitto

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|11|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=CAS-GIU-63|title=Giuseppe Cassì|website=Lega Basket|access-date=21 May 2019}}

|birth_place = Catania, Sicily, Italy

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|party = Right-wing independent

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|alma_mater = University of Catania

|profession = lawyer, former professional basketball player

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| position = Shooting guard

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| league = FIP

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| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|11}}

| birth_place = Catania

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| career_start = 1986

| career_end = 1999

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| years1 = {{nbay|1986|start}}–{{nbay|1988|end}}

| team1 = Virtus Ragusa

| years2 = {{nbay|1989|start}}–{{nbay|1992|end}}

| team2 = Pallacanestro Trapani

| years3 = {{nbay|1993|start}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}

| team3 = Virtus Ragusa

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Giuseppe Cassì (born 11 April 1963 in Catania) is an Italian politician, lawyer and former professional basketball player.

As a professional basketball player he played 13 seasons in Serie B, Serie A2 e Lega Basket Serie A for the Virtus Ragusa and Pallacanestro Trapani.

Cassì ran as an independent for the office of Mayor of Ragusa at the 2018 Italian local elections, supported by a right-wing coalition with Brothers of Italy and other civic lists.{{cite web|url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/politica/2018/06/24/news/ballottaggio_ragusa_cassi_tringali-199955571/|title=M5S, cade la roccaforte Ragusa: il nuovo sindaco è Cassì|work=la Repubblica|date=24 June 2018|language=it|access-date=11 April 2019}} He won and took office on 27 June 2018.