Carlo Nordio
Nordio in 2022
Minister of Justice
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni
Preceded byMarta Cartabia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyTreviso
Personal details
Born (1947-02-06) 6 February 1947 (age 77)
Treviso, Italy
Political partyBrothers of Italy (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations		Italian Liberal Party (1967–1977)
Italian Liberal Party (2017–2022)
Alma materUniversity of Padua
ProfessionMagistrate

Carlo Nordio (born 6 February 1947) is an Italian politician, former magistrate and prosecutor, who is serving as Italian Minister of Justice since 22 October 2022, in Giorgia Meloni's government. In the 2022 Italian presidential election he was the candidate of Brothers of Italy for President of Italy.[1] In the 2022 Italian general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.[2]

Professional career

Nordio was born in Treviso, in the Veneto region, in 1947. He became a magistrate in 1977, and was later appointed deputy prosecutor of Venice. In the 1980s, he led investigations on the Venetian Red Brigades. In the early 1990s, Nordio was among the protagonists of the famous Mani Pulite investigation.[3]

During his later career, he was a consultant to the Parliamentary Commission for Terrorism and chairman of the Ministerial Commission for the reform of the penal code. Nordio served as deputy prosecutor of Venice until his retirement in 2017, dealing with economic crimes, corruption and medical liability. After his retirement, he collaborated with numerous legal journals and newspapers including Il Tempo, Il Messaggero, and Il Gazzettino. Since 5 December 2018, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Luigi Einaudi Onlus Foundation.[4]

Political career

Carlo Nordio swearing is as Minister of Justice

On 24 January 2022, Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni proposed Nordio as her candidate in the 2022 Italian presidential election.[5] Nordio rejected the candidacy, citing lack of political experience.[6] However, he was confirmed as a possible candidate of the centre-right coalition on the following day.[7] On 29 January, Brothers of Italy voted him when all the other main parties proposed a re-election of incumbent president Sergio Mattarella.[8][9][10]

On the occasion of the 2022 referendum on justice, he promoted the reasons for the yes, joining, as one of its major exponents, the Committee for the yes.[11]

In the early political elections of 25 September 2022 he was a candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the single-member constituency of Treviso for the center-right and as the leader of the Brothers of Italy in the multi-member Veneto. Nordio was elected in the uninominal with 56.2%.[12]

On 22 October 2022, Nordio was appointed Minister of Justice in the government led by Giorgia Meloni, who became the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Italy.

Political positions

Nordio considers himself a conservative liberal, a pro-Europeanist and an Atlanticist, while having an admiration for Winston Churchill.[13] In 1967 he joined the Italian Liberal Party, but he had to leave the party upon becoming a magistrate.[14][15] After retiring, he joined the new Italian Liberal Party, of which he was a member of the committee of the guarantors until 2022.[16]

Electoral history

Election House Constituency Party Votes Result
2022 Chamber of Deputies Veneto 1 – Treviso FdI 115,222 checkY Elected

References

  1. ^ Chi è Carlo Nordio, il candidato presidente della Repubblica del centrodestra, Fanpage
  2. ^ "Cucchi, Crisanti, Lotito, Pera e Nordio: tra new entry e grandi ritorni, ecco chi ce l'ha fatta". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  3. ^ Chi è Carlo Nordio, l'ex magistrato che ama i libri antichi e l'equitazione, Rai News
  4. ^ Carlo Nordio, chi è il candidato a presidente della Repubblica proposto da FdI, la Repubblica
  5. ^ "Meloni propone Nordio al Quirinale. Valanga di schede bianche alla prima votazione". HuffPost (in Italian). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ "'Domine non sum dignus'. Cosa significa la risposta del 'candidato' Nordio". Il Giornale (in Italian). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Nordio e l'idea di salire al Colle: 'Non sono nemmeno stato consigliere comunale'" (in Italian). Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Quirinale: a Mattarella 387 voti, 64 a Nordio - Ultima Ora". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  9. ^ "Quirinale, a Carlo Nordio 37 voti in più del previsto: un feroce pizzino a Matteo Salvini?". www.liberoquotidiano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  10. ^ "Quirinale, Giorgia Meloni va per conto suo: "Fratelli d'Italia vota Carlo Nordio"". www.liberoquotidiano.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  11. ^ "Intervista a Carlo Nordio: "Votate sì al referendum sulla giustizia, o basta lagne sulla malagiustizia"". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  12. ^ "Cucchi, Crisanti, Lotito, Pera e Nordio: tra new entry e grandi ritorni, ecco chi ce l'ha fatta". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  13. ^ Merlo, Giulia (20 October 2022). "Chi è Carlo Nordio, possibile ministro della Giustizia". Domani (in Italian).
  14. ^ Basso, Domenico (2022-08-18). "Carlo Nordio, il magistrato nato a Treviso amico di Giorgia Meloni: ha indagato sul Mose di Venezia". Corriere del Veneto (in Italian).
  15. ^ Luna, Luciano (21 October 2022). "Chi è Carlo Nordio, ministro della giustizia del governo Meloni". Money.it (in Italian).
  16. ^ Struttura nazionale (in Italian) Archived 21 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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