Augusto Antonio Barbera

Augusto Antonio Barbera
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
12 December 2023
Preceded bySilvana Sciarra
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
21 December 2015
Appointed byItalian Parliament
Minister for Parliamentary Relations
In office
29 April 1993 – 4 May 1993
Prime MinisterCarlo Azeglio Ciampi
Preceded byEgidio Sterpa
Succeeded byPaolo Barile
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
30 June 1982 – 14 April 1994
ConstituencyBologna
In office
5 July 1976 – 19 June 1979
ConstituencyBologna
Personal details
Born (1938-06-25) 25 June 1938 (age 86)
Aidone, Italy
Political partyPCI (until 1991)
PDS (1991-1998)
DS (1998-2007)
PD (2007-2015)
Alma materUniversity of Catania
ProfessionUniversity professor

Augusto Antonio Barbera (born 25 June 1938) is an Italian judge and former constitutional law professor at the University of Bologna. In his political career he was member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 1994 for the Italian Communist Party and later the Democratic Party of the Left. In 1993 he served shortly as Minister without portfolio for relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Barbera has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 21 December 2015 and its President since 12 December 2023.