Valerio Onida

Valerio Onida (30 March 1936 – 14 May 2022)^[1] was an Italian jurist, and constitutional law professor, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy and President of the Court from September 2004 to January 2005.^[2]

Valerio Onida
President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office 22 September 2004 – 30 January 2005
Preceded by	Gustavo Zagrebelsky
Succeeded by	Piero Alberto Capotosti
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy
In office 30 January 1996 – 30 January 2005
Appointed by	Italian Parliament
Personal details
Born	(1936-03-30)30 March 1936 Milan, Italy
Died	14 May 2022(2022-05-14) (aged 86) Milan, Italy
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Milan

Biography

Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Milan from 1983 to 2009, in January 1996, Onida was elected Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy by the Parliament.^[3] He remained in office for nine years, until January 2005. In the last four months, Onida has also been President of the Constitutional Court.^[4]

In 2010, Onida was a candidate for the center-left primary elections for the Mayor of Milan,^[5] and he ranked third: the winner was Giuliano Pisapia, who was later elected Mayor.^[6]

Onida was very critical of the 2016 constitutional referendum proposed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and appealed against it, since, according to him, too many questions were presented in the referendum.^[7] Onida's appeal was rejected and he announced that on 4 December he would have voted "No".^[8]