Augusto Antonio Barbera

Augusto Antonio Barbera
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2023
Preceded by	Silvana Sciarra
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 December 2015
Appointed by	Italian Parliament
Preceded by	Sergio Mattarella
Minister for Parliamentary Relations
In office 29 April 1993 – 4 May 1993
Prime Minister	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Preceded by	Egidio Sterpa
Succeeded by	Paolo Barile
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 July 1976 – 19 June 1979
In office 30 June 1982 – 14 April 1994
Personal details
Born	(1938-06-25) 25 June 1938 (age 85) Aidone, Italy
Political party	PCI (until 1991) PDS (1991-1998) DS (1998-2007) PD (since 2007)
Alma mater	University of Catania
Profession	University professor

Augusto Antonio Barbera (born 25 June 1938) is an Italian judge and former constitutional law professor at the University of Bologna. In his political career he was member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1976 and 1994 for the Italian Communist Party and later the Democratic Party of the Left. In 1993 he served shortly as Minister without portfolio for relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Barbera has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 21 December 2015 and its President since 12 December 2023.