Maria Rosaria San Giorgio

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Maria Rosaria San Giorgio
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
17 December 2020
Appointed byCourt of Cassation
Member of the High Council of the Judiciary
In office
30 September 2014 – 27 September 2018
Personal details
Born (1952-07-16) 16 July 1952 (age 71)
Naples, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
ProfessionMagistrate

Maria Rosaria San Giorgio (born 16 July 1952) is an Italian magistrate, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 2020.

Biography

Graduated with a thesis in constitutional law in 1974, San Giorgio was councilor of the prefecture for five years, then moved on to the Government Commissariat for the region Emilia-Romagna. She was appointed as a judicial auditor in 1981 and subsequently served as a prosecutor. Not long after, she was a study assistant at the Constitutional Court of Italy.

She was a member of the board of directors of the

LUMSA University.[1]

She taught civil law at the Graduate School of Legal Professions at

LUISS Guido Carli
.

She was the only woman magistrate in the 2014-2018 council of the High Council of the Judiciary.[1] As a member of the Unicost current, she is considered a conservative magistrate.[2]

On 16 December, San Giorgio was appointed Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy by the Supreme Court of Cassation. She is the first woman to be chosen as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy as a magistrate of a higher jurisdiction by the Court of Cassation.[2]

References

  1. ^
    Rai News24
    . 16 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Consulta: quarto giudice donna. E' l'ex Csm Maria Rosaria San Giorgio". La Repubblica. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.