Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci

Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci (18 June 1914 – 4 February 1994) was an Italian politician and magistrate.

Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci OMRI
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office 31 January 1977 – 31 January 1986
Appointed by	Italian Parliament
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 26 June 1963 – 4 June 1968
Preceded by	Giovanni Leone
Succeeded by	Alessandro Pertini
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 8 May 1948 – 4 July 1976
Constituency	Siena
Personal details
Born	(1914-06-18)18 June 1914 Terranuova Bracciolini, Tuscany, Italy
Died	4 February 1994(1994-02-04) (aged 79) Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Political party	Christian Democracy
Alma mater	University of Florence
Profession	Politician, magistrate

His name appears in the list of members of the P2 lodge found in Castiglion Fibocchi on 17 March 1981.^[1]

Biography

Bucciarelli-Ducci was born in Terranuova Bracciolini, Province of Arezzo. He graduated in law at the University of Florence in 1937. Subsequently, he passed the competition for judicial auditor in 1940 and entered the judiciary.

During the Second World War he was called to arms as an artillery officer and subsequently served at the military tribunal of Bari, where he met Aldo Moro, then an airman assigned to the same tribunal, to whom he was always bound by a deep friendship. At the end of the war period he resumed his career as a magistrate as investigating judge at the Arezzo court.

In 1948 he was elected deputy in the Siena-Arezzo-Grosseto constituency and reconfirmed continuously until the 6th parliamentary term, among the ranks of the Christian Democracy. In 1953 he became vice-chairman of the Christian Democratic group in the Chamber, led by Attilio Piccioni. On 12 June 1958, he was elected vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies and was also confirmed in the subsequent parliamentary term. Following the appointment of President of Chamber Giovanni Leone as Prime Minister, in the session of 26 June 1963 Bucciarelli-Ducci was elected president of the assembly with a wide parliamentary consensus.

On 27 January 1977, he was elected judge of the Constitutional Court by Parliament in a joint session, together with Alberto Malagugini and Oronzo Reale. He held the position until 31 January 1986.

He died in Arezzo on 4 February 1994 of a myocardial infarction^[2]

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Result
1948	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	14,149	Y Elected
1953	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	21,854	Y Elected
1958	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	33,930	Y Elected
1963	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	44,346	Y Elected
1968	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	38,133	Y Elected
1972	Chamber of Deputies	Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto		DC	43,049	Y Elected

Honours and awards

• Italy: Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (5 July 1976)^[3]