Maria Alessandra Sandulli

Maria Alessandra Sandulli
Sandulli in 2025
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 February 2025
Appointed byParliament of Italy
Personal details
Born1956 (age 69–70)
Naples, Italy
PartyIndependent
ParentAldo Mazzini Sandulli [it] (father)
EducationSapienza University of Rome

Maria Alessandra Sandulli (born 1956) is an Italian lawyer, professor and magistrate. She has been judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 2025.

Early life and education

Sandulli was born in 1956 in Naples, Italy as the daughter of Aldo Mazzini Sandulli [it] who served as president of the Constitutional Court of Italy. She got a degree in law from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1977, specialising in administrative law in 1978.

Career

She has been a legal prosecutor since 1979 and as lawyer in Rome since 1984 at her own office and has been authorised to practise before the Italian Court of Cassation since 1985. Sandulli began her academic career at the Sapienza University of Rome and was appointed to the chair of administrative law in 1987. Since 2001, she has been a full professor of administrative law in the department of law at Roma Tre University, where she has taught administrative law and administrative justice, as well as health law between 2017 and 2020. She has also served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Sandulli has served on national committees responsible for drafting major legislative reforms, such as the Code of Administrative Procedure and the Public Contracts Code, as well as on working groups on differentiated autonomy and public health.

In November 2014, prime minister Matteo Renzi proposed her as a magistrate of the Constitutional Court, but following a controversy she was not approved. On 13 February 2025 the Parliament of Italy elected Sandulli, alongside three new judges, as the new judge of the Constitutional Court. She was sworn in on 19 February at the Quirinal Palace by Italian president Sergio Mattarella.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sandulli, carriera tra ateneo e libera professione" [Sandulli: a career spanning academia and private practice]. Ansa (in Italian). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chi sono i quattro nuovi giudici della Corte costituzionale eletti oggi dal Parlamento" [Who are the four new judges of the Constitutional Court elected today by Parliament?]. RAI News (in Italian). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maria Alessandra Sandulli". Constitutional Court of Italy. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Eletti i quattro giudici della Consulta" [The four judges of the Constitutional Court have been elected]. ANSA (in Italian). 13 February 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Giuramento dei nuovi Giudici della Corte Costituzionale" [Swearing-in of the new Justices of the Constitutional Court]. Presidency of Italy (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2026.