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Paolo Maria Napolitano (3 October 1944 – 21 March 2016) was an Italian judge. He was a Judge of the
Constitutional Court of Italy The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic ( it, Corte costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana) is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessi ...
between 10 July 2006 and 10 July 2015.


Career

Napolitano was born in
Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...
on 3 October 1944. He was a judge on the
Italian Council of State The Consiglio di Stato ( en, Council of State) is a legal-administrative consultative body that ensures the legality of public administration in Italy. The council has jurisdiction on acts of all administrative authorities, except when these author ...
before being elected to the Constitutional Court by the
Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament ( it, Parlamento italiano) is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitiona ...
on 5 July 2006. Napolitano was sworn in four days later. He was Vice President of the Court between 30 July 2014 and 11 November 2014. His term as judge ended on 10 July 2015. In 2009 Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...
visited a dinner party at the house of Luigi Mazzella, a fellow judge at the Constitutional Court, Napolitano and Justice Minister
Angelino Alfano Angelino Alfano (; born 31 October 1970) is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Alfano was Minister of the Interior from 28 April 2013 to 12 December 2016, serving in the g ...
were also present. At the time an immunity bill which would affect Berlusconi was under discussion in the Constitutional Court. The gathering provoked outrage under political opponents of Berlusconi, stating that the impartiality of the court was compromised. Napolitano was made Knight Grand Cross in the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...
on 10 July 2006. Napolitano died on 21 March 2016, aged 71.


References

1944 births 2016 deaths Judges from Rome Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic {{Italy-law-bio-stub