Giovanni Pitruzzella

Giovanni Pitruzzella (born 15 July 1959) is an Italian jurist and academic who has served as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 14 November 2023. He concurrently serves as an Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), a position he has held since October 2018.

Biography Pitruzzella graduated in law from the University of Palermo in March 1982.

Between 1986 and 1994 he was a professor associate of public law institutions in the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Cagliari and from 1994 to 1997 full professor of constitutional law in the Faculty of Law of the same university.

Pitruzzella was appointed as the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice on 8 October 2018 for a six-year term.

On 10 November 2023, President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella appointed him, together with Antonella Sciarrone Alibrandi, as a Judge of the Constitutional Court. He was sworn in on 14 November 2023.