) is an Italian

Italian people

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 lawyer and currently a judge for the Constitutional Court of Italy

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.

Education and career

Mazzella graduated cum laude with a degree in law from the University of Naples in 1954.

He was appointed as a State Legal Advisory Officer on 13 December 2001, and a Minister

Minister without Portfolio

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for Public Functions from 14 November 2002 to 2 December 2004. He was elected by Parliament to a seat on the Constitutional Court of Italy on 15 June 2005, and was sworn in on 28 June 2005.

External links

• Luigi Mazzella