25 Facts About Giuliano Amato

Giuliano Amato is commonly nicknamed dottor Sottile, which means "Doctor Subtilis", the sobriquet of the Scottish Medieval philosopher John Duns Scotus, a reference to his political subtlety.

Giuliano Amato served on the Constitutional Court of Italy from September 2013 to September 2022, to which he was appointed by President Giorgio Napolitano.

Giuliano Amato served as President of the Court from 29 January 2022 to 18 September 2022.

Giuliano Amato received a first degree in law from the University of Pisa in 1960 while attending the prestigious Collegio Medico-Giuridico of the Scuola Normale Superiore, which today is Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.

Giuliano Amato began his political career in 1958 when he joined the Italian Socialist Party.

Giuliano Amato was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 1993.

Giuliano Amato was Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister's office from 1983 to 1987, Deputy Prime Minister from 1987 to 1988, and Minister for the Treasury from 1987 to 1989.

From June 1992 to April 1993, Giuliano Amato served as prime minister.

Giuliano Amato himself was never implicated, notwithstanding how close he was to Bettino Craxi, a central figure in the corruption system.

However, this promise was short-lived; Giuliano Amato has regularly come under criticism for having made such a solemn commitment and failing to keep it.

Giuliano Amato was nearly nominated for the Presidency of the Republic and was a close contender to replace Michel Camdessus as head of the International Monetary Fund.

Giuliano Amato served as prime minister again from April 2000 to May 2001.

Giuliano Amato promoted economic competitiveness as well as social protection.

Giuliano Amato was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.

Giuliano Amato was a Member of the Senate representing the constituency of Grosseto in Tuscany from 2001 to 2006.

On 16 September 2020 Giuliano Amato ran for the position of President of the Constitutional Court, but lost in the second round of voting against Mario Rosario Morelli who obtained nine votes, while Giancarlo Coraggio obtained five and Giuliano Amato received one.

Giuliano Amato was confirmed in this position by Coraggio who became president in December 2020.

Giuliano Amato is married to Diana Vincenzi, a professor of Family Law at the University of Rome.

Giuliano Amato serves as an Honorary Co-chair for the World Justice Project.

In 2012 Giuliano Amato was appointed as President of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.

Giuliano Amato was appointed as President of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies on 21 February 2012 by the Academic Senate of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and by a Decree of the Minister Francesco Profumo of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research.

Giuliano Amato resigned from his post at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies after being appointed to the Constitutional Court in September 2013.

In 2011, Giuliano Amato declared that Italian creativity is not supported by adequate efficiency in organising its public and private entities.

Giuliano Amato believes it had a role in the lost hope in the future and in the sense of a common national identity, as well as it had not been yet perfectioned as a whole in a way that was congruent with its essence.

Giuliano Amato thinks that the brigandage in Southern Italy after 1861 was an unfair and unlawful movement that cannot be seen as a form of antinational rebellion; however, the soldiers and the officials of the Borbonic Army who joined the movement cannot be defined as betrayers of the ongoing Italy.