Fernanda Contri (born 1935) is an Italian retired jurist and politician. She is one of the Italian women who hold senior positions in the Italian judiciary system.

Biography

Contri was born in 1935. She joined the Higher Council of the Judiciary in 1986. She was the minister of state in the

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led by Prime Minister

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in the period 1992–1993. Then she was named the minister of social affairs to

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in 1993 and was in office until March 1994. From October 1993 to February 1994 she developed an immigration reform bill in a commission called the Contri Commission. However, due to the fall of the cabinet in March 1994, the bill, known as Contri Bill, was not approved and materialized although it was the most comprehensive legal framework on immigration in Italy and offered many advantages to the migrants. In 1996, President

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appointed her to the

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as a judge which she held until 2005. During her term she also served as its vice president in 2004.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Contri, Fernanda 20th-century Italian women politicians 20th-century Italian jurists 21st-century Italian judges 1935 births Living people Women government ministers of Italy