Giovanni Galloni (16 June 1927 – 23 April 2018) was an Italian politician, former

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and former vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary.

Biography

Born in

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, Galloni graduated in law from the

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and taught Agricultural Law at the

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, the

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and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. A member of the

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Christian Democracy Party, Galloni was elected to the

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from 1968 to 1987 and was appointed

in the Goria Cabinet and the following De Mita Cabinet. In July 1990, Galloni left his seat at

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after he was elected vice president of the CSM (High Council of the Judiciary, Italy) where he remained in office until 1994. During Galloni's term as vice president of the CSM,

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. was an Italian politician who served as President of ...

implemented several restrictions on the jurisdiction of the office of vice president. These restrictions were subsequently removed by his successor,

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. In 2002, the Faculty of Law of the University of Rome Tor Vergata (edited by Prof. Brunetto Guido Carpino ) dedicated to him the ''Scritti in onore di Giovanni Galloni'' with contributions from many of the students who trained under his teaching and from jurist friends. Galloni died in

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on 23 April 2018, at the age of 90.

References

External links

*Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian)
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legislature {{DEFAULTSORT:Galloni, Giovanni 1927 births 2018 deaths People from Paternò Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Education ministers of Italy University of Bologna alumni Academic staff of the University of Florence Politicians from the Metropolitan City of Catania