Fernanda Contri

Fernanda Contri

Fernanda Contri (born August 21, 1935 in Ivrea ) is an Italian lawyer and magistrate .

Contri is the daughter of an agronomist and a housewife . Contri studied law at the University of Genoa after she was denied admission to medical school and is a lawyer specializing in family law .

In 1986 she became a member of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura (self-governing council and service court of the judiciary in Italy) on behalf of the Italian Socialist Party and supported Giovanni Falcone in his unpopular endeavors to fight the Italian mafia. In 1992 she became Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, Giuliano Amato . From April 28, 1993 to May 10, 1994 she was Minister for Social Affairs ( ministro degli Affari sociali ) in the reign of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi . During her tenure, she mainly campaigned for the rights of minors, people with disabilities and people living in Italy without Italian citizenship. From 1994 to 1996 she practiced again as a lawyer in Genoa.

Contri was nominated as constitutional judge on November 4, 1996 by the Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro . There has been criticism of her nomination as Contri was missing a few months from the twenty years of professional experience required for practicing lawyers. She was the first woman to hold this post at the Italian Constitutional Court . She was sworn in on November 6, 1996. On December 14, 2004, she was the first woman to preside over a session of the Constitutional Court. In his capacity as President of the Constitutional Court, Valerio Onida nominated her as Vice-President on March 10, 2005. So far, Contri is the only woman who has held this position. She resigned her office and her activity at the Constitutional Court on November 6, 2005.

Contri is the widow of Giorgio Bruzzone, a lawyer and partisan, and has a daughter named Anna. She was a member of L'Ulivo and wrote the statute of the Partito Democratico .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Massimo Calandri, Consulta, Fernanda Contri Presidente, La Repubblica, February 1, 2005.
2. ↑ Silvana Mazzocchi, Persone: Fernanda Contri Alla presa della Consulta, D - La repubblica delle donne, December 1996.
3. ↑ Massimo Calandri, Fernanda Contri regge la Consulta, La Repubblica, February 1, 2005.
4. ^ Overview of the constitutional judges on the website of the Italian Constitutional Court in Italian. ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Addio a Giorgio Bruzzone avvocato e partigiano, La Repubblica, February 6, 2007.
6. ↑ Wanda Valli, Sarà la Contri a scrivere lo statuto del Pd, La Repubblica, November 18, 2007.