Augusto Barbera

Augusto Antonio Barbera is an Italian judge and former constitutional law professor at the University of Bologna. In his political career he was member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 1994 for the Italian Communist Party and later the Democratic Party of the Left. In 1993 he served shortly as Minister without portfolio for relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Barbera was Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 21 December 2015 and 21 December 2024 and its President between 12 December 2023 and 21 December 2024.