Marta Cartabia

Cartabia was born in San Giorgio su Legnano, near Milan, in 1963.[1] In 1987, she graduated with honours at the University of Milan, with the thesis "Does a European constitutional right exist?" with professor Valerio Onida as her supervisor. She obtained a Ph.D. in law from the European University Institute in Florence in 1993.[2][3]

Cartabia worked at the Constitutional Court of Italy as a clerk between 1993 and 1996. In 2005, she was employed by the University of Milano-Bicocca as professor of the Jean Monnet Course of European Constitutional Law.[2] Between 2006 and 2010 she worked as an independent expert for the "Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union".[3] For the academic year 2009–2010 Cartabia was a Straus Fellow at "The Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice" in New York City.[2]

Cartabia was appointed as Judge on the Constitutional Court by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, on 2 September 2011, and sworn into office on 13 September 2011.[1] At the time of her appointment she was one of the youngest appointees ever, and only the third woman in history.[4][5] She was appointed Vice President of the Court on 12 November 2014.[6] On 11 December 2019 Cartabia succeeded Giorgio Lattanzi as President of the Constitional Court, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Cartabia received all 14 votes.[5]

Cartabia was made Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 24 October 2011.[7]

In December 2017, she was appointed as a substitute member[8] for Italy to the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe, also known as Venice Commission.[5]

• Marta Cartabia; Andrea Simoncini (2015). Pope Benedict XVI's legal thought : a dialogue on the foundation of law. New York: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316106303. ISBN 9781316106303. OCLC 1008627286.
• Marta Cartabia; Andrea Simoncini (2013). La legge di re Salomone : ragione e diritto nei discorsi di Benedetto XVI. Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli Saggi (in Italian). Milan. p. 256. ISBN 9788817069878. OCLC 856902230.
• Marta Cartabia; Andrea Simoncini (2009). La sostenibilità della democrazia nel XXI secolo. Percorsi (in Italian). Bologna: Il Mulino. p. 351. ISBN 8815133720. OCLC 515405613. Archived from the original on December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
• Aldo Bardusco; Marta Cartabia; Micaela Frulli (February 8–9, 2007). Immunità costituzionali e crimini internazionali : atti del convegno (in Italian). 1 vol. Milan: Giuffrè. pp. X-295. ISBN 8814140383. OCLC 690390197.CS1 maint: date format (link)
• * Marta Cartabia; Marilena Gennusa (2008). La fonti europee e il diritto italiano. Costituzione e società. Poteri (in Italian). Turino: Giappichelli. p. 121. ISBN 8834896807. OCLC 868542938.