Nicolò Zanon

{{short description|Italian judge and law professor (born 1961)}}

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Nicolò Zanon ({{IPA|it|nikoˈlɔ ddzaˈnon}}; born 27 March 1961) is an Italian judge and law professor. He has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy from 11 November 2014 to 11 November 2023. Previously he was a law professor at the University of Milan.

Career

Zanon was born in Turin. He was a professor of Constitutional law at the University of Milan before being appointed to the Constitutional Court by the Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, on 18 October 2014.{{cite web|author=Claudia Fusani |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2014/10/18/corte-costituzionale-napolitano-nomina_n_6007806.html |title=Corte Costituzionale, Giorgio Napolitano nomina Daria De Pretis e Nicolò Zanon e avverte le Camere: "Ora i vostri giudici" |language=Italian |publisher=L'Huffington Post |date=19 October 2014 |accessdate=2 February 2015}} Zanon had also worked at the University of Turin as a comparative constitutional law researcher and as an assistant to Valerio Onida, a judge on the Constitutional Court of Italy.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.lettera43.it/politica/chi-e-nicolo-zanon-nuovo-giudice-della-consulta_43675144752.htm |title=Chi è Nicolò Zanon, nuovo giudice della Consulta |language=Italian |publisher=Lettera 43 |date=18 October 2014 |accessdate=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102025729/http://www.lettera43.it/politica/chi-e-nicolo-zanon-nuovo-giudice-della-consulta_43675144752.htm |archive-date=2 January 2015 |url-status=dead }} Zanon was sworn in on 11 November 2014.{{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= |accessdate=2 February 2015}}

Zanon was made Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 31 May 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/346759 |title=Zanon Prof. Nicolò |language=it |publisher=Office of the Italian President |date= |accessdate=24 January 2021}}

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