Margherita Cassano
Margherita Cassano | |
|---|---|
| President of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy | |
| In office 6 March 2023 – 8 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pietro Curzio |
| Succeeded by | Pasquale D'Ascola |
| Member of the High Council of the Judiciary of Italy | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) Florence, Italy |
Margherita Cassano (born 1955) is an Italian judge. She served as the first woman president of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy between 2023 and 2025, and also served at the High Council of the Judiciary between 1998 and 2002.
Career
Cassano was born in 1955 in Florence, Italy.[1] Her father was judge Pietro Cassano.[2]
She began working in 1980 at the Florence public prosecutor's office, where she worked on trafficking and drug cases and collaborated with Pier Luigi Vigna on investigations into organised crime.[1][3] Cassano was prosecutor at the Florence Anti-Mafia Directorate between 1981 and 1998.[2] She was subsequently elected a member of the High Council of the Judiciary, where served between 1998 and 2002.[1] In 2003 she began presiding over the first criminal section of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy as a judge, and on her return to Florence she presided over the Court of Appeal in 2015.[1][3][4]
In July 2020 Cassano became the first woman vicepresident of th Supreme Court of Cassation.[3][1] On 15 March 2023 the High Council of the Judiciary unanimously elected her the first woman president of the Supreme Court of Cassation, to succeed Pietro Curzio.[1][2] She was succeeded by Pasquale D'Ascola in September 2025.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Coviello, Monica (15 February 2023). "Chi è Margherita Cassano, la prima donna presidente della Corte di Cassazione" [Who is Margherita Cassano, the first female President of the Court of Cassation?]. Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Chi è Margherita Cassano, prima donna eletta presidente della Corte di Cassazione" [Who is Margherita Cassano, the first woman to be elected President of the Court of Cassation?]. Il Messaggero (in Italian). 1 March 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Chi è Margherita Cassano, prima donna nominata presidente aggiunto della Cassazione" [Who is Margherita Cassano, the first woman to be appointed deputy president of the Court of Cassation?]. Il Riformista (in Italian). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Cassano becomes first woman to head supreme court". ANSA. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "D'Ascola nuovo presidente della Cassazione" [D'Ascola appointed new President of the Court of Cassation]. ANSA (in Italian). 4 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.