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Giovanni Amoroso

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Giovanni Amoroso
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
21 January 2025
Preceded byAugusto Barbera
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
13 November 2017
Appointed byCourt of Cassation
Preceded byAlessandro Criscuolo
Personal details
Born (1949-03-30) 30 March 1949 (age 75)
Mercato San Severino, Italy
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
ProfessionJudge

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.

Honour

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  •  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (29 november 2018)[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Il Collegio dei Giudici" (in Italian). Constitutional Court of Italy. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved October 24, 2022.


Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
since 2017
Incumbent
Preceded by President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
since 2025
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Giorgia Meloni
as Prime Minister
Order of precedence of Italy
President of the Constitutional Court
Succeeded by
Gian Marco Centinaio
as Vice President of the Senate