Paola Balducci (born 14 November 1949) is an Italian lawyer and politician, member of the High Council of the Judiciary from 2014 to 2018.

Biography

A student of

Giovanni Conso Giovanni Battista Conso (23 March 1922 – 2 August 2015) was an Italian jurist who served on the Constitutional Court of Italy for nine years beginning in 1982, and has served as President of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1989 until his death ...

and

Giuliano Vassalli Giuliano Vassalli (25 April 1915 – 21 October 2009) was an Italian politician, lecturer and lawyer. Life He was born in Perugia, son of Filippo Vassalli, a famous lecturer and lawyer. During World War II Vassalli was imprisoned by Nazi forces ...

, Balducci graduated in Law at the

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

and later became an associate professor of Criminal Procedural Law at the

University of Salento The University of Salento ( it, Università del Salento, called until 2007 ''Università degli Studi di Lecce'') is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 by Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli. The university of Salento commenced act ...

. Since 1976, Balducci has worked as a lawyer and has been registered in the special register of Cassation officials since 1990. In 2002, the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. T ...

nominated her as the party candidate for a seat at the High Council of the Judiciary, obtaining 105 votes, too few to be elected by the

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in a joint session. From May 2005 to June 2006 she held the office of Regional Councilor for the Right to Education, with powers to the University, public education, scientific research and cultural heritage, in Apulia, under the first presidency of Nichi Vendola.

Member of Parliament

In the 2006 general elections, Balducci is a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies on the lists of the

in the

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and Apulia constituencies, and was the first of the non-elected members of the latter, though on 4 July 2006, following the resignation of Domenico Lomelo (who preceded her on the list), after having been appointed new Regional Councilor for the Right to Education in Apulia, she took over his seat was elected deputy. In the 2008 general elections, Balducci ran again for a seat at the Chamber of Deputies, in the

constituency, on the list of

The Left – The Rainbow The Left – The Rainbow ( it, La Sinistra – L'Arcobaleno, SA), frequently referred as Rainbow Left ( it, Sinistra Arcobaleno), was a left-wing federation of parties in Italy that participated in the 2008 general election. History The federat ...

, but was not re-elected as the list did not exceed the 4% threshold at national level.

Member of the High Council of the Judiciary

On 23 September 2014, with 521 votes, she was elected member of the High Council of the Judiciary by the

in a joint session, being the official candidate of

Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom ( it, Sinistra Ecologia Libertà, SEL) was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party. The party's leader was Nichi Vendola, a former Preside ...

, and held her seat until the renewal of the Council on 27 September 2018.

References

External links

*Files about her parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature. {{DEFAULTSORT:Balducci, Paola 1949 births Living people Politicians from Rome Federation of the Greens politicians Left Ecology Freedom politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Sapienza University of Rome alumni Lawyers from Rome