Giuliano Amato is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy,first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Upon Arnaldo Forlani's death in July 2023,Amato became the country's earliest-serving Prime Minister.
The General Council of the Judiciary is the national council of the judiciary of Spain. It is the constitutional body that governs all the Judiciary of Spain,such as courts,and judges,as it is established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978,article 122 and developed by the Organic Law 6/1985 of the Judicial Power (LOPJ). The President of the CGJP is also the president of the Supreme Court.
Giovanni Battista Conso was an Italian jurist who served on the Constitutional Court of Italy for nine years beginning in 1982,and has served as President of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1989 until his death in 2015.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the Kingdom of Spain. The court has original jurisdiction over cases against high-ranking officials of the Kingdom and over cases regarding the legalization of political parties. It also has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all cases. The Court has the power of judicial review,except for the judicial revision on constitutional matters,reserved to the Constitutional Court.
Pietro Grasso,also known as Piero Grasso,is an Italian anti-mafia magistrate and politician who served as President of the Senate from 2013 to 2018.
Marta Cartabia is an Italian jurist and academic who served as Minister of Justice in the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Mario Rosario Morelli is an Italian judge. He was Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 12 December 2011 and 12 December 2020,and served as its president from 16 September 2020.
The High Council of the Judiciary is an Italian institution of constitutional importance,entrusted to preside over the organisation of the Italian Judiciary. The High Council sits in the Palazzo dei Marescialli,Piazza Indipendenza 6,Rome.
Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya is the Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa. She was formerly the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2017 to 2022. She joined the bench in May 2000 as a judge of the Transkei Division of the High Court of South Africa and was elevated to the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2006.
The president of the Constitutional Court of Spain is the head of the Constitutional Court,the highest body with the power to determine the constitutionality of acts of the Spanish central and regional governments. It is defined in Part IX of the Constitution of Spain,and further governed by Organic Laws 2/1979. The court is the "supreme interpreter" of the Constitution,but since the court is not a part of the Spanish Judiciary,the Supreme Court is the highest court for all judicial matters.
Carlos Lesmes Serrano is a Spanish magistrate and prosecutor who served as president of the Supreme Court and president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) from 2013 to 2022. Since December 2018,he served in acting capacity in both posts,as his mandate expired at the time and the renovation of the CGPJ was blocked from then on. He is seen as a Conservative jurist with a religious background.
The President of the Supreme Court and also President of the General Council of the Judiciary is the highest judicial authority of the Kingdom of Spain and holds the representation of the judicial branch and its governing body,the CGPJ. The office of President of the Supreme Court is foreseen in the Constitution as well as giving to the president the presidency of the General Council of the Judiciary. As a parliamentary monarchy,the President of the Supreme Court is appointed by the Monarch after being nominated by the Plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary,who serves until the end of its 5-years-term,its dismissal by the CGPJ or its resignation.
The National Board of Justice,formerly the National Council of the Magistrature,is an autonomous constitutional institution that is part of the Republic of Peru. Its primary function is to appoint and ratify all judges and prosecutors in the Peruvian justice system as well as to remove those that fail to fulfill their responsibilities.
The 2022 Italian presidential election was held in Rome between 24 and 29 January 2022. The president of Italy was elected by a joint assembly composed of the Italian Parliament and regional representatives. The election process extended over multiple days,culminating in incumbent president Sergio Mattarella being confirmed for a second term,with a total of 759 votes on the eighth ballot. This was the second most votes ever received by a presidential candidate. Mattarella became the second president to be re-elected,his predecessor Giorgio Napolitano being the first.
The Supreme Court of Justice is the apex court for civil,criminal and administrative matters in the hierarchy of Cape Verde's legal system.
Angelo Buscema is an Italian magistrate and academic.
A five-part abrogative referendum was held in Italy on 12 June 2022. Voters were asked to decide on the repeal of five articles or decrees relating to the functions of the Italian judicial system. Each of the five questions were submitted by nine Italian regions,all governed by the centre-right coalition.
Silvia Patricia Valdés Quezada is a lawyer who served as the third female president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the judicial branch of Guatemala,from 2019 until 2023.
Gaetano Azzariti was an Italian jurist and politician,who headed the Commission on Race under the Fascist regime,and served as Minister of Justice of Pietro Badoglio's government after the fall of the Italian fascist regime. After the war,from 1957 to 1961,he was president of the Constitutional Court of Italy.
César Rodrigo Landa Arroyo is a Peruvian professor and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru intermittently from February to December 2022 under the presidency of Pedro Castillo. He also served as president of the Constitutional Court of Peru between 2006 and 2008,and vice minister of Justice in 2004.
