Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para

Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para, reigning as Prince Antoine IV (26 March 1942 - 16 December 2017), was the head of state the defunct Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia in South America. While some white historians describe the Kingdom of Araucanía as a "curious and semi-comic episode", many Mapuche historians hold a very different view. Huichacurha Marhique, for example, views the Kingdom as a legitimate exercise of Mapuche sovereignty and the right to self-determination. The Mapuche International Link, a London-based NGO, fully endorses the Kingdom.

Biography
A Frenchman of noble Sicilian descent, Para was elected to the position of the "kingdom" which, according to some detractors, belongs rather to "the obsessions of bourgeois France than to the politics of South America", on January 9, 2014 by the Regency Council of the Kingdom.

Para began serving the previous Prince, Philippe Boiry, in 1972. He was later given the title of Duke of San Pedro de Hueyusco by Boiry.

Para was married with two children. He was a French veteran and served in Algeria. After his career in the military Para began in the field of social work. He specialized in the care of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. He held a doctorate in the history of civilization.

Para died on December 16, 2017.

Honours

 * National Honours
 * Officer of the National Order of Merit (1995).
 * Officer of the Order of Academic Palms.
 * Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit.
 * Combatant's Cross.
 * Gold Medal of French Gratitude (2013).
 * North Africa Medal.
 * North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal, with Algeria bar.
 * Medal of Honor for Labour, Vermeil class.
 * Gold Medal of Youth and Sports.
 * Medal of Honor for the judicial protection of youth.


 * Foreign Honours
 * Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Order of Saint Lazarus (2005).