Paola Severino

Paola Severino ( born October 22, 1948 in Naples) is an Italian lawyer, high school teacher and lawyer. She was from November 2011 to April 2013 Italian Minister of Justice.

Career

Severino studied law at the University La Sapienza in Rome, where he made in 1971 to an end. They then pursue a career as a high school teacher in the area of ​​criminal law and was next since 1977 as a lawyer working. From 1997 to 2001 she was deputy chairman of the self-governing organ of the Italian Military Justice ( Consiglio della Magistratura Militare ). From 2002 to 2007, she stood in front of the law school of elite university LUISS in Rome, the deputy headmistress she was until 2011. In addition, she has also held the Chair of Criminal Law at the College of the Carabinieri officer in Rome. She was also an adviser to financial institutions.

On November 16, 2011 Paola Severino has been appointed in the group consisting of non-party experts from government, Mario Monti Minister of Justice.