Francesco Masini was a lawyer and politician from the island of Gozo

Gozo

Gozo is a small island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Southern European country of Malta; after the island of Malta itself, it is the second-largest island in the archipelago...

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Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

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Political life

Masini founded the Gozo Party.

He was a member of the Maltese Parliament

House of Representatives of Malta

The House of Representatives is the unicameral legislature of Malta and a component of the Parliament of Malta.The House is composed of an odd number of members elected for a five year term...

 from 1947. until 1950 (when the Legislative Assembly was dissolved), along with other Gozo members such as Joseph Cefai

Joseph Cefai

Joseph Cefai was a Gozitan politician, administrator and civil servant in Malta. Along with other prominent Gozitans, Cefai was known for his promotion of the interests of the island of Gozo where he was born on October 28, 1921...

Dr. Masini headed a delegation that negotiated with the Bishop of Gozo (Joseph Pace), negotiations that led to the Leone Filarmonic Society donating the statue of St. Mary to the Cathedral of Gozo. Regarding the Leone Band Club, he was also president of the same club between

Legacy

A street in Victoria, Gozo, as well as a meeting room in the Teatru Aurora (the Leone Band Club's headquarters) are dedicated to him. His daughter, Rose Mary received the "Gieh il-Parrocca tal-Katidral" (Praise of the Gozo Cathedral Award) on behalf of her late father.