Filippo Mancuso (22 July 1922 – 30 May 2011) was an Italian judge and politician. In 1995 he was

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's Minister of Justice in the government of

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. The

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voted a motion of no confidence against him and this fact was the first time during the republican period. The left wing and

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complained about the review of the

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pool during

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. He was elected for the first time as deputy in 1996 Italian general election with

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party and he was confirmed in the 2001 general elections. He left

in 2002, because he was not elected to the

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because of opposition of the left wing. Mancuso agreed with

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to nominate another person for the Supreme Court, possibly Mario Serio, but then Forza Italia denoted

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, a close friend of

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. After 2006 Mancuso retired to private life until his death

References

* http://interviste.sabellifioretti.it/?p=666 * https://web.archive.org/web/20120425152913/http://www.spazioforum.net/forum/topic/2537-filippo-mancuso-lascia-il-gruppo-di-forza-italia/
Sintesi delle accuse di Mancuso a Cesare PrevitiScheda dell'On. Mancuso sul sito della Camera dei deputati per la XIII Legislatura
1922 births 2011 deaths Jurists from Palermo Forza Italia politicians Italian Ministers of Justice Deputies of Legislature XIII of Italy Deputies of Legislature XIV of Italy Politicians from Palermo 20th-century Italian judges University of Palermo alumni {{Italy-politician-stub