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Antonio Azara

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Antonio Azara
Minister for Grace and Justice
In office
August 1953 – January 1954
Prime MinisterGiuseppe Pella
Preceded byGuido Gonella
Succeeded byMichele De Pietro
Personal details
Born18 January 1883
Tempio Pausania,Kingdom of Italy
Died20 February 1967(1967-02-20)(aged 84)
Rome, Italy
Political party

Antonio Azara(18 January 1883 – 20 February 1967) was an Italian jurist and politician who served as theminister of grace and justicefrom August 1953 to January 1954.

Early life and education

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Azara was born inTempio Pausaniaon 18 January 1883.[1]He received a bachelor's degree in law specializing onfamilyandagricultural law.[1]

Career

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In 1907 Azara became attorney general and first president of theSupreme Court.[2]He was also the secretary of the code reform commission.[1]In 1932 he joined theNational Fascist Party.[3]Before his formal party membership he had been supporting National Fascist movement, ideas and doctrines through his writings and activities.[3]As of 1945 he was a member of the scientific committee of the magazine entitledDiritto razzista(Italian:Racist Law).[3]Following the end of the Fascist rule in Italy he justified his activities arguing that he had served not "a party", but his "country".[3]

In 1948 he was elected senator with theChristian Democracy,keeping a seat fromPalazzo Madamauntil 1968.[2]In 1952 he was also appointed public prosecutor of the Supreme Court.[3]He served as the minister of grace and justice in thePella cabinetfrom August 1953 to January 1954.[2]He also served as the vice-president of the committee on legal and administrative questions under theCouncil of Europe.[4]

Personal life and death

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Azara died in Rome on 20 February 1967.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^abcd"Antonio Azara"(in Italian). Paradisola.Retrieved14 January2022.
  2. ^abcd"Azara, Antonio"(in Italian). Italian Senate.Retrieved14 January2022.
  3. ^abcdeAntonella Meniconi (2020)."The words of Justice and the long Italian transition (1943-1958".In Massimo Meccarelli; Cristiano Paixão; Claudia Roesler (eds.).Innovation and Transition in Law: Experiences and Theoretical Settings.Madrid: Carlos III University of Madrid. p. 169.hdl:10016/31394.ISBN978 84-1377-163-2.
  4. ^Mikael Rask Madsen (Winter 2007)."From Cold War Instrument to Supreme European Court: The European Court of Human Rights at the Crossroads of International and National Law and Politics".Law and Social Inquiry.32(1): 141.doi:10.1111/j.1747-4469.2007.00053.x.
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