Augusto Antonio Barbera | |
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President of the Constitutional Court of Italy | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Silvana Sciarra |
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy | |
Assumed office 21 December 2015 | |
Appointed by | Italian Parliament |
Minister for Parliamentary Relations | |
In office 29 April 1993 – 4 May 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Preceded by | Egidio Sterpa |
Succeeded by | Paolo Barile |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 30 June 1982 – 14 April 1994 | |
Constituency | Bologna |
In office 5 July 1976 – 19 June 1979 | |
Constituency | Bologna |
Personal details | |
Born | Aidone, Italy | 25 June 1938
Political party | PCI (until 1991) PDS (1991-1998) DS (1998-2007) PD (2007-2015) |
Alma mater | University of Catania |
Profession | University 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.