Roberto Castelli

Roberto Castelli (born 12 July 1946) is an Italian politician. He was the Minister of Justice in the second and third governments of Silvio Berlusconi. IHe has been one of the main representatives of the Northern League.

Roberto Castelli
Minister of Justice
In office
11 June 2001  17 May 2006
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byPiero Fassino
Succeeded byClemente Mastella
Italian Republic Senator
In office
9 May 1996  14 March 2013
ConstituencyLombardy 1996-2008
Member of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
from Northern Lombardy
In office
23 April 1992  8 May 1996
Personal details
Born (1946-07-12) 12 July 1946
Lecco, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyNorthern League
ResidenceLecco, Lombardy
Alma materPolitecnico di Milano
ProfessionEngineer

Early life and education

Castelli was born in Lecco 12 July 1946.[1] He holds a degree in mechanic engineering.[1]

Career

Castelli is an engineer, and has been in politics with the Lega Nord since 1986. In 1992, Castelli was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and was re-elected in 1994. From 1996 to 2013 he was a member of the Senate, and for two years (1999–2001) he was chairman of parliamentary group of the Northern League in the Senate, as he is now.

Minister of Justice

In fall 2004, he completed a highly controversial reform of the judiciary,[2] but initially President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, even though he had been pressured by Castelli to do so, refused to sign the bill. The law was passed again in spring 2005.[3]

As a minister, he refused to sign President Ciampi's decision to pardon Adriano Sofri, leading to a conflict of powers in which the President has tried to reassert its exclusive competence in the matter (as stated in article 87 of the Constitution of Italy), and the minister claimed that he had the right to object. He also refused to request the extradition of 22 alleged CIA agents from the United States who were implicated in the kidnapping and torture of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr. On 13 December 2012, Castelli said during the satirical talk show of Rai Radio 2 "Un giorno da pecora" he will not seek re-election to the 2013 Italian general election.

References

  1. "Berlusconi cabinet". VIPS. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. "Giustizia, approvata la riforma Castelli" [Justice, the Castelli reform has been approved]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 1 December 2004. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. "Giustizia, Ciampi firma la riforma. Castelli: "Finita una partita sofferta"" [Judiciary, Ciampi signs the reform. Castelli, "A difficult match is over"]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 July 2005. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Piero Fassino
Italian Minister of Justice
2001–2006
Succeeded by
Clemente Mastella
Preceded by
Tommaso Casillo, Luigi Meduri
Infrastructure
Andrea Annunziata, Raffaele Gentile
Transports
Undersecretary to the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure
2008 – present
Served alongside: Bartolomeo Giachino, Mario Mantovani, Giuseppe Maria Reina
Incumbent
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Preceded by
Title jointly held
Deputy
1992–1996
Succeeded by
Title jointly held
Italian Senate
Preceded by
Title jointly held
Senator
1996 – 2013
Incumbent
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