President of the Constitutional Court of Italy | |
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Presidente della Corte Costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana | |
Member of | Constitutional Court of Italy |
Appointer | Judges of the Constitutional Court |
Term length | Three years or less |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Italy |
Inaugural holder | Enrico De Nicola |
Formation | 23 January 1956 |
Website | cortecostituzionale |
The president of the Constitutional Court of Italy (Italian : Presidente della Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) holds the fifth-ranking public office of the Italian Republic. [1]
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Enrico De Nicola (1877–1959) | 23 January 1956 | 26 March 1957 | 1 year, 62 days | ||
Gaetano Azzariti (1881–1961) | 6 April 1957 | 5 January 1961 | 3 years, 274 days | ||
Giuseppe Cappi (1883–1963) | 4 March 1961 | 10 October 1962 | 1 year, 220 days | ||
Gaspare Ambrosini (1886–1985) | 20 October 1962 | 15 December 1967 | 5 years, 56 days | ||
Aldo Sandulli (1915–1984) | 16 January 1968 | 4 April 1969 | 1 year, 78 days | ||
Giuseppe Branca (1907–1987) | 10 May 1969 | 9 July 1971 | 60 days | ||
Giuseppe Chiarelli (1904–1978) | 22 November 1971 | 16 February 1973 | 1 year, 86 days | ||
Francesco Paolo Bonifacio (1923–1989) | 23 February 1973 | 25 October 1975 | 2 years, 244 days | ||
Paolo Rossi (1900–1985) | 18 December 1975 | 9 May 1978 | 2 years, 142 days | ||
Leonetto Amadei (1911–1997) | 5 March 1979 | 28 June 1981 | 2 years, 115 days | ||
Leopoldo Elia (1925–2008) | 21 September 1981 | 7 May 1985 | 3 years, 228 days | ||
Livio Paladin (1933–2000) | 3 July 1985 | 1 July 1986 | 363 days | ||
Antonio La Pergola (1931–2007) | 2 July 1986 | 14 June 1987 | 347 days | ||
Francesco Saja (1915–1994) | 15 June 1987 | 22 October 1990 | 3 years, 129 days | ||
Giovanni Conso (1922–2015) | 23 October 1990 | 3 February 1991 | 103 days | ||
Ettore Gallo (1914–2001) | 4 February 1991 | 14 July 1991 | 160 days | ||
Aldo Corasaniti (1922–2011) | 15 July 1991 | 14 November 1992 | 1 year, 122 days | ||
Francesco Paolo Casavola (born 1931) | 15 November 1992 | 25 February 1995 | 2 years, 102 days | ||
Antonio Baldassarre (born 1940) | 26 February 1995 | 8 September 1995 | 194 days | ||
Vincenzo Caianiello (1932–2002) | 9 September 1995 | 23 October 1995 | 75 days | ||
Mauro Ferri (1920–2015) | 24 October 1995 | 3 November 1996 | 1 year, 10 days | ||
Renato Granata (1926–2017) | 4 November 1996 | 4 November 1999 | 3 years, 0 days | ||
Giuliano Vassalli (1915–2009) | 11 November 1999 | 13 February 2000 | 94 days | ||
Cesare Mirabelli (born 1942) | 23 February 2000 | 21 November 2000 | 272 days | ||
Cesare Ruperto (born 1925) | 5 January 2001 | 2 December 2002 | 1 year, 331 days | ||
Riccardo Chieppa (1926–2025) | 5 December 2002 | 23 January 2004 | 1 year, 49 days | ||
Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born 1943) | 28 January 2004 | 13 September 2004 | 229 days | ||
Valerio Onida (1936–2022) | 22 September 2004 | 30 January 2005 | 130 days | ||
Piero Alberto Capotosti (1942–2014) | 10 March 2005 | 6 November 2005 | 241 days | ||
Annibale Marini (born 1940) | 10 November 2005 | 9 July 2006 | 241 days | ||
Franco Bile (1929–2022) | 11 July 2006 | 8 November 2008 | 2 years, 120 days | ||
Giovanni Maria Flick (born 1940) | 14 November 2008 | 18 February 2009 | 96 days | ||
Francesco Amirante (1933–2024) | 25 February 2009 | 7 December 2010 | 1 year, 285 days | ||
Ugo De Siervo (born 1942) | 10 December 2010 | 29 April 2011 | 140 days | ||
Alfonso Quaranta (1936–2023) | 6 June 2011 | 27 January 2013 | 1 year, 235 days | ||
Franco Gallo (born 1937) | 29 January 2013 | 16 September 2013 | 230 days | ||
Gaetano Silvestri (born 1944) | 18 September 2013 | 28 June 2014 | 283 days | ||
Giuseppe Tesauro (1942–2021) | 30 July 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 102 days | ||
Alessandro Criscuolo (1937–2020) | 12 November 2014 | 24 February 2016 | 1 year, 104 days | ||
Paolo Grossi (1933–2022) | 24 February 2016 | 8 March 2018 | 2 years, 12 days | ||
Giorgio Lattanzi (born 1939) | 8 March 2018 | 9 December 2019 | 1 year, 276 days | ||
Marta Cartabia (born 1963) | 11 December 2019 | 13 September 2020 | 277 days | ||
Mario Rosario Morelli (born 1941) | 16 September 2020 | 18 December 2020 | 93 days | ||
Giancarlo Coraggio (born 1940) | 18 December 2020 | 28 January 2022 | 1 year, 41 days | ||
Giuliano Amato (born 1938) | 29 January 2022 | 18 September 2022 | 232 days | ||
Silvana Sciarra (born 1948) | 20 September 2022 | 11 November 2023 | 1 year, 52 days | ||
Augusto Antonio Barbera (born 1938) | 12 December 2023 | 21 December 2024 | 1 year, 9 days | ||
Giovanni Amoroso (born 1949) | 21 January 2025 | Incumbent | 1 day | ||
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