Giuseppe Tesauro (15 November 1942 – 7 July 2021) was an Italian jurist. He served as Advocate General at the

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from 1988 until 1998. Tesauro was President of the

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between 1998 and 2005. He subsequently was a judge at the

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from 2005 until 2014, serving as its

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from July 2014 until the end of his term.

Career

Tesauro was born in

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. He graduated with a degree in law from the

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in 1964. He became qualified to work as a lawyer and worked for the legal service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tesauro was named a lecturer of international law at the

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in 1969. He became professor international law in 1972 and continued until 1975. He then held the same position at the University of Naples Federico II from 1975 to 1981. From 1982 until 1994 he led the international law department of the

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. Tesauro served as Advocate General at the

from 7 October 1988 until 4 March 1998. He was subsequently appointed President of the

. He held this office from 12 March 1998 until 16 February 2005. Tesauro was appointed to the Constitutional Court by Italian President

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on 4 November 2005, and he was sworn in on 9 November 2005. Tesauro was elected President of the Constitutional Court on 30 July 2014, receiving 7 votes in favour and 6 votes against. He served until 8 November 2014. From 31 March 2016 to 2018 he was the Chairman of

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. Tesauro died on 7 July 2021 at the age of 78.

References

1942 births 2021 deaths Advocates General of the European Court of Justice 20th-century Italian lawyers Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy Jurists from Naples Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Italy Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome Academic staff of the University of Messina University of Naples Federico II alumni Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II {{Italy-law-bio-stub