Giovanni Galloni
{{Short description|Italian jurist and politician (1927–2018)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Giovanni Galloni
| image = Giovanni_Galloni.jpg
| order = Minister of Education
| term_start = 28 July 1987
| term_end = 22 July 1989
| primeminister = Giovanni Goria
Ciriaco De Mita
| predecessor = Franca Falcucci
| successor = Sergio Mattarella
| order2 = Vice president of the CSM
| term_start2 = 29 July 1990
| term_end2 = 26 July 1994
| predecessor2 = Cesare Mirabelli
| successor2 = Piero Alberto Capotosti
| order3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies
| term_start3 = 5 June 1968
| term_end3 = 20 July 1990
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|6|16}}
| birth_place = Paternò, Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|4|23|1927|6|16}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| party = Christian Democracy
| nationality = Italian
| occupation = Lawyer, politician, academic
}}
Giovanni Galloni (16 June 1927 – 23 April 2018) was an Italian politician, former Minister of Education and former vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary.
Biography
Born in Paternò, Sicily, Galloni graduated in law from the University of Bologna and taught Agricultural Law at the University of Naples Federico II, the University of Florence and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/politica/galloni_morto_deputato_dc-3688001.html|title=Morto Giovanni Galloni, storico esponente della Dc e vice presidente del Csm|work=Il Messaggero|date=23 April 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}
A member of the left-wing Christian Democracy Party,{{cite web|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2018/04/24/morto-giovanni-galloni/|title=È morto Giovanni Galloni, storico esponente della DC ed ex vicepresidente del CSM|work=Il Post|date=24 April 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}} Galloni was elected to the Chamber of Deputies from 1968 to 1987 and was appointed Minister of Education in the Goria Cabinet and the following De Mita Cabinet.{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/30/goria-matricole-vecchi-merletti.html?ref=search|title=Goria 1, matricole e vecchi merletti|work=La Repubblica|date=30 July 1987|access-date=2 November 2018}}
In July 1990, Galloni left his seat at parliament after he was elected vice president of the CSM{{cite web|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1990/07/29/csm-eletto-galloni.html|title=CSM, eletto Galloni|work=La Repubblica|date=29 July 1990|access-date=2 November 2018}} (High Council of the Judiciary, Italy) where he remained in office until 1994. During Galloni's term as vice president of the CSM, President Francesco Cossiga implemented several restrictions on the jurisdiction of the office of vice president.{{cite web|url=https://notizie.tiscali.it/politica/articoli/e-morto-giovanni-galloni-dc-che-difese-csm-cossiga-00001/|title=È morto Giovanni Galloni,il Dc che difese il Csm da Cossiga|work=notizie.tiscali.it|date=23 April 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}} These restrictions were subsequently removed by his successor, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.
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 Rome on 23 April 2018, at the age of 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/04/23/news/morto_giovanni_galloni-194628583/|title=È morto Giovanni Galloni, storico esponente Dc ed ex vicepresidente del Csm|work=La Repubblica|date=23 April 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}
References
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External links
- Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=V%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg05/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 V], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VI%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg06/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 VI], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg07/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 VII], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=VIII%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg08/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 VIII], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=IX%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg09/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 IX], [http://legislature.camera.it/chiosco.asp?cp=1&position=X%20Legislatura%20/%20I%20Deputati&content=deputati/legislatureprecedenti/Leg10/framedeputato.asp?Deputato=d2760 X] legislature
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Category:Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians
Category:20th-century Italian politicians
Category:21st-century Italian politicians
Category:Education ministers of Italy
Category:University of Bologna alumni