Filippo Patroni Griffi

Filippo Patroni Griffi
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Assumed office
29 January 2022
Appointed byItalian Council of State
Preceded byGiancarlo Coraggio
President of the Italian Council of State
In office
25 September 2018 – 29 January 2022
Preceded byAlessandro Pajno
Succeeded byFranco Frattini
Secretary of the Council of Ministers
In office
28 April 2013 – 22 February 2014
Prime MinisterEnrico Letta
Preceded byAntonio Catricalà
Succeeded byGraziano Delrio
Minister of Public Administration
In office
29 November 2011 – 28 April 2013
Prime MinisterMario Monti
Preceded byRenato Brunetta
Succeeded byGianpiero D'Alia
Personal details
Born (1955-08-27) 27 August 1955 (age 69)
Naples, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Naples Federico II
ProfessionPolitician, magistrate

Filippo Patroni Griffi (born 27 August 1955 in Naples) is an Italian politician and magistrate who served as Minister of Public Administration between 2011 and 2013.

Biography

Filippo Patroni Griffi comes from an aristocratic Neapolitan family, son of magistrate and relative of the director Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. He was ordinary magistrate and administrative judge at the TAR. Subsequently, he became Councilor and then President of the Council of State. For a long time he held the technical office of Head of the Legislative Office of the Ministry of Public Administration with the ministers Sabino Cassese, Giovanni Motzo, Franco Bassanini and Franco Frattini.

He was also Chief of the Cabinet of the Minister for Institutional Reforms Giuliano Amato (Prodi I Cabinet), head of the public service cabinet with Minister Renato Brunetta (Berlusconi IV Cabinet) and head of the Legal Affairs Department of the Council Presidency in the Prodi II Cabinet. He is the author of scientific essays on the subject of administrative law, regulatory and administrative simplification, administrative process.

From 18 April 2005 to 28 November 2011 he was Secretary General of the "Authority of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data" and on 15 December 2009 he was also appointed as member of the Independent Commission for Evaluation, Transparency and Integrity of Public Administrations (CiVIT).

From 29 November 2011 to 28 April 2013 he served as Minister of Public Administration in the Monti Cabinet, while from 28 April 2013 to 22 February 2014 he served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the Letta Cabinet. From September 2018 to January 2022 he has been president of Italian Council of State.

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