Angelo Buscema

Angelo Buscema (born 9 February 1952) is an Italian magistrate and academic.

Angelo Buscema
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2020
Appointed by	Court of Audit
Preceded by	Aldo Carosi
President of the Court of Audit
In office 13 February 2018 – 11 September 2020
Preceded by	Arturo Martucci di Scarfizzi
Succeeded by	Guido Carlino
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-09) 9 February 1952 (age 73) Rome, Italy
Political party	Independent
Profession	Magistrate, academic

Biography

Son of the Sicilian jurist Salvatore Buscema, Angelo Buscema graduated in law and qualified in 1978 to practice law.

In 1981, with a public competition, he entered the role of the judiciary of the Court of Audit, holding various positions in different areas of the Court. He coordinated the report on public finance for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, on the cost of public works in 2016, on the university system in 2017.

He taught at the Higher School of Public Administration of Naples, at the Higher School of Economics and Finance of Milan, at the Second University of Naples and at the University of Cassino. He has been president of the Magistrates' Association of the Court of Audit.

Buscema has been appointed President of the Court of Audit in December 2017 on the proposal of Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.^[1]

On 12 July 2020, Buscema was elected judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy with 147 votes; he thus replaced the judge Aldo Carosi at the end of his mandate and sworn in on 15 September 2020.^[2]

Honours and awards

• Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2018)