Virginio Rognoni

Virginio Rognoni
Vice president of CSM
In office 2 August 2002 – 1 August 2006
Preceded by	Giovanni Verde
Succeeded by	Nicola Mancino
Minister of Defence
In office 27 July 1990 – 28 June 1992
Preceded by	Mino Martinazzoli
Succeeded by	Salvo Andò
Minister of Justice
In office 1 August 1986 – 28 July 1989
Preceded by	Mino Martinazzoli
Succeeded by	Giuliano Vassalli
Minister of the Interior
In office 13 June 1978 – 13 July 1983
Preceded by	Francesco Cossiga
Succeeded by	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-23) 23 July 1941 Corsico, Lombardy, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Democratic Party (2007-present)
Other political affiliations	Christian Democracy (1960-1994) Italian People's Party (1994-2002) The Daisy (2002-2007)
Alma mater	University of Pavia Yale University
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Christian (Roman Catholic)

Virginio Rognoni (born August 5, 1924 in Corsico, province of Milan) is an Italian politician, who was a prominent member of Christian Democracy. He was several times Interior Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2006 he was vice-president of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura (‘Superior Council of Judiciary’).

As a student at the historic Collegio Ghislieri, in November 1947 he obtained a degree in law from the University of Pavia. He studied at Yale University between 1949 and 1950 and also worked as a lawyer.

He began his political career in local government, serving as a city councillor (consigliere comunale) in Pavia from 1960 to 1964, and from 1964 to 1967 as deputy mayor (vicesindaco) and as assessore all’urbanistica (the member of the executive with responsibility for town planning). He then entered national politics, and was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies for seven consecutive terms (1968–1994).

He was Minister of the Interior from 1978 to 1983, of Justice (1986–1987) and of Defence (1990–1992): he was criticized by the Italian Communist Party while Minister of the Interior for failing to protect General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, who was killed on the same day in which he asked Rognoni to meet him.

From 2002 until he retired in 2006 he was vice-president of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura (the Government of the Judiciary in Italy).

External links

• Virginio Rognoni biography
• Virginio Rognoni at Radio Radicale

Andreotti IV Cabinet (1978–79)
De Mita Forlani Cossiga/Andreotti (interim)/Rognoni Bonifacio Morlino Malfatti Pandolfi Ruffini Pedini Stammati Marcora Colombo Gullotti Donat-Cattin/Prodi Anselmi Ossola Colombo (interim) Bisaglia Scotti Antoniozzi Pastorino

Andreotti V Cabinet (March–August 1979)
Di Giesi Forlani Rognoni Morlino La Malfa/Visentini Malfatti Pandolfi Ruffini Spadolini Compagna Marcora Preti Colombo Nicolazzi Anselmi Preti (interim) Bisaglia Scotti Antoniozzi Ariosto

Cossiga I Cabinet (1979–80)
Scalia Giannini Di Giesi Sarti/Darida Malfatti/Ruffini Rognoni Morlino Andreatta Reviglio Pandolfi Ruffini/Sarti Valitutti Nicolazzi Marcora Preti Colombo Bisaglia Altissimo Stammati Evangelisti/Signorello Lombardini Scotti Ariosto D'Arezzo

Cossiga II Cabinet (April–October 1980)
Russo Balzamo Scotti Giannini Capria Gaspari Colombo Rognoni Morlino La Malfa Reviglio Pandolfi Lagorio Sarti Compagna Marcora Formica Darida Bisaglia Aniasi Manca Signorello De Michelis Foschi Biasini D'Arezzo

Forlani Cabinet (1980–81)
Mazzotta Romita Scotti Darida Capria Gava Colombo Rognoni Sarti/Darida La Malfa Reviglio Andreatta Lagorio Bodrato Nicolazzi Bartolomei Formica Di Giesi Bisaglia/Pandolfi Aniasi Manca Compagna De Michelis Foschi Biasini Signorello

Fanfani V Cabinet (1982–83)
Fabbri Romita Biondi Fortuna Schietroma Signorile Abis Colombo Rognoni Darida Bodrato Forte Goria Lagorio Falcucci Nicolazzi Mannino Casalinuovo Gaspari Pandolfi Altissimo Capria Di Giesi De Michelis Scotti Vernola Signorello

Craxi II Cabinet (1986–87)
Forlani Vizzini Granelli Fabbri Zamberletti Gaspari De Vito Mammì Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Romita Visentini Goria Spadolini Falcucci Nicolazzi Pandolfi Signorile Gava Zanone Donat-Cattin Formica Degan Darida Gullotti De Michelis Capria De Lorenzo

Fanfani VI Cabinet (1987)
Paladin Granelli De Vito Andreotti Scalfaro Rognoni Goria Gaspari Guarino Falcucci Zamberletti Pandolfi Travaglini Gava Donat-Cattin Piga Sarcinelli Degan Darida Gorrieri Gullotti Di Lazzaro Pavan

Andreotti VI Cabinet (1989–91)
Martelli Maccanico Iervolino Romita Vito Lattanzio Gaspari Misasi Marongiu Conte Sterpa Gava De Michelis Scotti Vassalli Formica Cirino Pomicino Carli Martinazzoli Rognoni Mattarella Bianco Prandini Mannino Saccomandi Bernini Mammì Battaglia De Lorenzo Ruggiero Vizzini Fracanzani Piga Donat-Cattin Facchiano Carraro Tognoli Ruffolo Ruberti

Andreotti VII Cabinet (1991–92)
Martelli D'Onofrio Iervolino Romita Capria Gaspari Mannino Boniver Conte Sterpa Martinazzoli De Michelis Scotti Cirino Pomicino Formica Carli Rognoni Misasi Prandini Goria Bernini Vizzini Bodrato De Lorenzo Facchiano Marini Tognoli Ruberti Ruffolo Vito Lattanzio