Born on 13 May 1938 in Turin (I)

Nationality: Italian

Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at Sapienza University of Rome (1975–1997)

Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister’s Office, Secretary of the Council of Ministers (1983–1987)

Deputy Prime Minister (1987–1988)

Minister for the Treasury (1987–1989)

Prime Minister (1992–1993; 2000–2001)

President of the Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) (1994–1997)

Minister for Institutional Reform (1998–1999)

Minister for the Treasury, the Budget and Economic Planning (1999–2000)

Interior Minister (2006–2008)

Judge at the Italian Constitutional Court (since 2013)