Giorgio Lattanzi
{{short description|Italian judge (born 1939)}}
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|office = President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
|term_start = 8 March 2018
|term_end = 9 December 2019
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|predecessor = Paolo Grossi
|successor = Marta Cartabia
|office2 = Vice President of the
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|term_end2 = 8 March 2018
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|term_start3 = 9 December 2010
|term_end3 = 9 December 2019
|appointer3 = Court of Cassation
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|birth_place = Rome, Italy
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Giorgio Lattanzi (born 26 January 1939) is an Italian judge. He was judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 9 December 2010 to 9 December 2019 and president from 8 March 2018 until the end of his mandate.
Career
Lattanzi was born in Rome. Before his appointment to the Constitutional Court he served as President of Section of the Court of Cassation. He was appointed by the Court of Cassation to the Constitutional Court on 19 November 2010, and sworn into office on 9 December 2010.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.cortecostituzionale.it/ActionPagina_321.do |title=The Constitutional Court: Composition of the Court |publisher=Constitutional Court of Italy |date= |access-date=30 January 2015}} He was elected vice president of the court on 12 November 2014.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ansamed.info/english/news/2014/11/12/alessandro-criscuolo-elected-to-constitutional-court-update_8f6222ab-ecff-40d8-a4e4-8744c5fa8fee.html |title=Alessandro Criscuolo elected to Constitutional court, update |publisher=ANSA |date=12 November 2014 |access-date=30 January 2015}} On 8 March 2018 Lattanzi was elected president, he received 12 votes in favour and one blank.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/03/08/new-constitutional-court-chief-sounds-racism-alarm-2_142e9778-b047-4576-ad5f-c6d1851e0713.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309062319/https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/03/08/new-constitutional-court-chief-sounds-racism-alarm-2_142e9778-b047-4576-ad5f-c6d1851e0713.html |title=New Constitutional Court chief sounds racism alarm |publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=8 March 2018 |archive-date=9 March 2018}} In October 2019 the Constitutional Court received severe criticism from political leaders Matteo Salvini and Nicola Zingaretti for a ruling regarding the rights of mafia-related convicts sentenced to life imprisonment. Lattanzi indicated that the criticism reached unacceptable levels, stating "..criticism is one thing, an attack is another."{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/10/25/constitutional-court-attacked-over-lifer-ruling-lattanzi_73be7de9-ecf9-4104-a723-7a66ab0ce0e0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029073354/https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/10/25/constitutional-court-attacked-over-lifer-ruling-lattanzi_73be7de9-ecf9-4104-a723-7a66ab0ce0e0.html |title=Constitutional Court 'attacked' over lifer ruling-Lattanzi |publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=25 October 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2019}} On 9 December 2019 Lattanzi's term in the Constitutional Court ended and he was succeeded as president by Marta Cartabia.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/consulta-maria-cartabia-eletta-presidente-prima-donna-a-guidare-corte-83f9c090-d036-4456-8637-ec41106ac4f5.html |title=Consulta. Marta Cartabia eletta Presidente, prima donna a guidare la Corte |language=Italian |publisher=RAI News |date=11 December 2019 |access-date=4 April 2020}}
Lattanzi was made Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 24 October 2011.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=320009 |title=Lattanzi Dott. Giorgio |language=Italian |publisher=Office of the Italian President |date= |access-date=30 January 2015}}
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Category:21st-century Italian judges
Category:Judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Category:Presidents of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Category:Vice presidents of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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