Fernanda Contri

Fernanda Contri
Vice President of the Constitutional Court
In office
2004–2005
Judge of the Constitutional Court
In office
1996–2005
Appointed byOscar Luigi Scalfaro
Minister of Social Affairs
In office
28 April 1993 – March 1994
Prime MinisterCarlo Azeglio Ciampi
Minister of State
In office
1992–1993
Prime MinisterGiuliano Amato
Personal details
Born1935
Ivrea, Kingdom of Italy
Died (aged 90)
Rapallo, Italy

Fernanda Contri (21 August 1935 – 27 December 2025) was an Italian jurist and politician. She was one of the first women to hold senior positions in the Italian judiciary system, and the first to be appointed to the Constitutional Court of Italy.[1][2]

Life and career

Contri was born in 1935.[1] She joined the Higher Council of the Judiciary in 1986.[1] She was the minister of state in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato in the period 1992–1993.[3] Then she was named the minister of social affairs to cabinet of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in 1993 and was in office until March 1994.[3] From October 1993 to February 1994 she developed an immigration reform bill in a commission called the Contri Commission.[4][5][6] Due to the fall of the cabinet in March 1994, the bill, known as Contri Bill, was not approved and materialized although it was the most comprehensive legal framework on immigration in Italy and offered many advantages to the migrants.[5][6]

In 1996, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro appointed her to the Constitutional Court as a judge which she held until 2005.[3][7] During her term she also served as its vice president in 2004.[3]

Contri died at the age of 90 on 27 December 2025 at the hospital in Rapallo.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Valeria Palumbo (9 March 2016). "Le politiche che hanno fatto l'Italia". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Annuario 2023 Corte costituzionale - Le donne e la Corte". www.cortecostituzionale.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Annamaria Barbato Riccii (10 August 2019). "Fernanda Contri: "Una donna presidente della Repubblica? Ora i tempi sono maturi"". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ Giovanna Zincone (2006). "The Making of Policies: Immigration and Immigrants in Italy". Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 32 (3): 353. doi:10.1080/13691830600554775. S2CID 144930474.
  5. ^ a b Gino Moliterno, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. London; New York: Routledge. p. 396. ISBN 978-1-134-75877-7.
  6. ^ a b Giovanna Zincone (2014). "Illegalite, enlightenment and ambiguity: A hot Italian recipe". In Joaquin Arango; Martin Baldwin-Edwards (eds.). Immigrants and the Informal Economy in Southern Europe. London; New York: Routledge. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-135-25942-6.
  7. ^ Maria Rita Bartolomei (2016). "Legal cultures in transition: The role of Italian jurist women". In Eva Schandevyl (ed.). Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe. London; New York: Routledge. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-134-77506-4.
  8. ^ Addio a Fernanda Contri, aveva 90 anni (in Italian)

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