Giovanni Amoroso
Giovanni Amoroso | |
|---|---|
| President of the Constitutional Court of Italy | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Augusto Barbera |
| Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Court of Cassation |
| Preceded by | Alessandro Criscuolo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1949 Mercato San Severino, Italy |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Profession | Judge |
Giovanni Amoroso (born 30 March 1949) is an Italian judge. He has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 13 November 2017 and its President since 21 January 2025.
Amoroso was born in Mercato San Severino on 30 March 1949.[1]
He was elected to the Constitutional Court by the Court of Cassation on 26 October 2017. He won 210 votes, with his competitor Renato Rordorf obtaining 11. At the time of his election Amoroso served as president of the labour section of the Court of Cassation. He was sworn in on 13 November 2017. Amoroso succeeded Alessandro Criscuolo.[1][2]
On 21 January 2025, he was unanimously elected as President of the Constitutional Court.
Biography
He has been a magistrate of the Court of cassation, president of the labor section (since 2016), a member of the United Civil Sections (since 2006), and director of the Office of the Supreme and Roll. He was also a cassation counselor at the labor section and at the third criminal section.
He was also previously a university lecturer in civil law at the University of Macerata and in constitutional law at the Libera Università Mediterranea of Casamassima.
He is the author of numerous publications on labor law, constitutional justice, civil law and civil procedure.
On Oct. 26, 2017, he was elected a constitutional judge, where he had already been a longtime study assistant, by the judges of the Supreme Court in a runoff vote. He was sworn in, and thus officially took office, the following November 13. On Dec. 12, 2023, he was appointed vice president of the Constitutional Court by newly elected President Augusto Antonio Barbera.[3]
On May 16, 2018, he visited the Institute of Technical and Vocational High School Education in Verres (Aosta) as part of the “Trip to Schools.” At the question of a student, he expressed his opposition to the introduction of dissenting opinion in the Italian legal system, including with regard to constitutional judges.
On January 21, 2025, he was unanimously elected president of the List of presidents of the Constitutional Court of Italy.
Honour
References
- ^ a b "Il Collegio dei Giudici" (in Italian). Constitutional Court of Italy. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Corte Costituzionale, la Cassazione elegge Giovanni Amoroso. Ma il Parlamento deve ancora nominare l'ultimo giudice" (in Italian). Il Fatto Quotidiano. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
- ^ Adnkronos. "Augusto Barbera è il nuovo presidente della Consulta". Adnkronos.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved October 24, 2022.