Background
Cartabia was born in San Giorgio su Legnano.
Cartabia was born in San Giorgio su Legnano.
She has been Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 13 September 2011 and Vice President since 12 November 2014. Previously she was a professor of law. She obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from the European University Institute in Florence in 1993.
Cartabia worked at the Constitutional Court as a clerk between 1993 and 1996.
She was later employed by the University of Milano-Bicocca as professor of the Jean Monnet Course of European Constitutional Law since 2005. Between 2006 and 2010 she worked as an independent expert for the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union.
Foreign the academic year 2009–2010 Cartabia was a Straus Fellow at The Straus Institute in New New York Cartabia was appointed by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, on 2 September 2011, and sworn into office on 13 September 2011.
At the time of her appointment she was one of the youngest appointees ever, and only the third woman in history.
She was appointed Vice President of the Court on 12 November 2014.