Antonio Mario La Pergola

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Antonio Mario La Pergola (b. 1931), Italian jurist, Advocate General and later Judge of the European Court of Justice.

Professor of Constitutional Law and General and Comparative Public Law at the Universities of Padua, Bologna and Rome; Member of the High Council of the Judiciary (1976-78); Member of the Constitutional Court and President of the Constitutional Court (1986-87); Minister for Community Policy (1987-89); elected to the European Parliament (1989-94); Judge at the European Court of Justice from 7 October 1994 to 31 December 1994; Advocate General at the European Court of Justice from January 1, 1995 to December 14, 1999.

Appointed Judge at the European Court of Justice on December 15, 1999.