{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1946)}} {{For|the Italian boxer|Roberto Castelli (boxer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Roberto Castelli | image = Roberto Castelli crop.jpg | order = Minister of Justice | term_start = 11 June 2001 | term_end = 17 May 2006 | prime_minister = Silvio Berlusconi | predecessor = Piero Fassino | successor = Clemente Mastella | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|7|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Lecco, Italy | alma_mater = Politecnico di Milano | profession = Engineer | party = Lega Nord (until 2023)<br />Northern People's Party (since 2023) | spouse = | children = | office2 = Member of the Senate of the Republic | term_start2 = 9 May 1996 | term_end2 = 14 March 2013 | constituency2 = Lombardy (1996–2008)<br>Liguria (2008–2013) | office3 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies | term_start3 = 23 April 1992 | term_end3 = 8 May 1996 | constituency3 = Como (1992–1994)<br>Lecco (1994–1996) }}
'''Roberto Castelli''' (born 12 July 1946) is an Italian politician. He was the Minister of Justice in the second and third governments of Silvio Berlusconi. He has been one of the main representatives of Lega Nord.
==Early life and education== Castelli was born in Lecco on 12 July 1946.<ref name=vips>{{cite web|title=Berlusconi cabinet|url=http://vipsgov.chez.com/italy.htm|publisher=VIPS|accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref> He holds a degree in mechanic engineering.<ref name=vips/>
== Career == Castelli is an engineer, and has been in politics with the Northern League since 1986. In 1992, Castelli was elected to the Chamber of Deputies and was re-elected in 1994. From 1996 to 2013, he was a member of the Senate of the Republic, and for two years (1999–2001) was chairman of parliamentary group of the Northern League in the Senate.
== Minister of Justice ==
In fall 2004, Castelli completed a highly controversial reform of the judiciary (Castelli Reform).<ref name="reform">{{cite news|title=Giustizia, approvata la riforma Castelli|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Politica/2004/12_Dicembre/01/giustizia.shtml|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|accessdate=25 July 2010|language=Italian|date=1 December 2004|trans-title=Justice, the Castelli reform has been approved}}</ref> Initially, the then Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, even though he had been pressured by Castelli to do so, refused to sign the bill. The law was passed again in spring 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Giustizia, Ciampi firma la riforma. Castelli: "Finita una partita sofferta"|trans-title=Judiciary, Ciampi signs the reform. Castelli, "A difficult match is over" |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2005/g/sezioni/politica/rifogiuste4/ciampipro/ciampipro.html|newspaper=La Repubblica|accessdate=25 July 2010|language=Italian|date=26 July 2005}}</ref>
As a minister, Castelli refused to sign Ciampi's decision to pardon Adriano Sofri, leading to a conflict of powers in which Ciampi, as the president of the Italian Republic, tried to reassert its exclusive competence in the matter (as stated in article 87 of the Constitution of Italy), and Castelli claimed that, as justice minister, he had the right to object. He also refused to request the extradition of 22 alleged CIA agents from the United States who were implicated in the kidnapping and torture of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr. On 13 December 2012, Castelli said during the satirical talk show of Rai Radio 2 ''Un giorno da pecora'' that he would not seek re-election to the 2013 Italian general election.
==Electoral history== {|class=wikitable style="width:65%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" |- ! width=12%|Election ! width=30%|House ! width=30%|Constituency ! width=5% colspan="2"|Party ! width=12%|Votes ! width=15%|Result |- ! 1992 | Chamber of Deputies | Como–Sondrio–Varese | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LL | 14,537 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 1994 | Chamber of Deputies | Lecco | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LN | 49,380 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 1996 | Senate of the Republic | Lombardy – Lecco | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LN | 58,651 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2001 | Senate of the Republic | Lombardy – Lecco | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LN | 75,312 | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2006 | Senate of the Republic | Lombardy | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LN | –{{efn|name=fn1|Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.}} | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |- ! 2008 | Senate of the Republic | Lombardy | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | LN | –{{efn|name=fn1|Elected in a closed list proportional representation system.}} | {{tick|15}} '''Elected''' |} {{noteslist}}
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