Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of the Interior
In office 11 June 2001 – 5 December 2001
Preceded by
Gian Franco Schietroma
Succeeded by
Gianpiero D'Alia
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 30 May 2001 – 27 April 2006
Constituency
Lombardia 1 (Melzo)
Personal details
Born
(1940-12-16) 16 December 1940 (age 83) Rome, Italy
Political party
Free Italy (since 2020) SCN (since 2022)
Other political affiliations
Forza Italia (1996–2007) Italy League (2008–2011) The Autonomy (2009) M5S (2016–2019)
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
Celestina Del Signore
Occupation
Lawyer, university professor
Carlo Taormina (born 16 December 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, jurist, and academic. Taormina was the defense laywer of some of the most controversial trials in modern Italian history, from that of the Ustica affair to the trial of the Nazi Erich Priebke, and to the Abu Omar case and the Cogne homicide case. He entered politics in 1996, joining Forza Italia, the political party of Silvio Berlusconi. That same year, he ran for the Chamber of Deputies but was not elected.
Taormina was elected a deputy in 2001 but was not included among the candidates for re-election in 2006, after which he left politics. Taormina was Deputy Group Leader of Forza Italia in the Chamber of Deputies, and was briefly state undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior; he had to resign due to defending some mafia defendants. He also extended the law of legitimate suspiction, one of the many Berlusconi's ad personam laws, and headed several parliamentary commissions, such as the inquiry into the death of Ilaria Alpi and Miran Hrovatin. In 2009 and 2010, he was the unsuccessful candidate for The Autonomy and Italy League to the European Parliament and the Regional Council of Lazio, respectively.
After the end of his full-time political career in 2006, Taormina became one of the main commentators for the Italian sports talk program Il processo di Biscardi. In 2008, he founded his own movement, Italy League, which ended in 2011. That same year, he became an independent politician close to Lega Nord, and since 2014 was close to the Five Star Movement (M5S), which he joined in 2016. After leaving the M5S in 2019, he founded Free Italy with New Force and former M5S militants in 2020. In 2022, he also joined South calls North, and was the party's unsuccessful candidate for that year's general election.
In addition to the individuals that he defended as a lawyer, including a former SS captain, mafia defendants, and neo-fascist leaders, Tarquinia attracted criticism for his comments about gay people. In 2014, he was convicted of discrimination on the job of homosexual individuals; the sentence was upheld in 2015 and 2020.
CarloTaormina (born 16 December 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, jurist, and academic. Taormina was the defense laywer of some of the most controversial...
credit of 245.000 euro for the attorney CarloTaormina. "Pignorata la villetta dell'omicidio di Cogne, Taormina batte Franzoni in tribunale". La Repubblica...
to build a hotel in Fiumedinisi; meanwhile, De Luca and his lawyer, CarloTaormina, had unsuccessfully argued for the trial venue to be moved from Messina...
Taormina dates to around 396 BC after Dionysius I of Syracuse destroyed nearby Naxos in 403 BC and the Siculi formed a new settlement on the nearby Mount...
Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is an annual Italian film festival that takes place at Taormina, Sicily, Italy in July. It was established in 1955 in Messina...
Carlo Filangieri (May 10, 1784 – October 9, 1867), prince of Satriano, was a Neapolitan soldier and statesman. He was the son of Gaetano Filangieri, a...
convictions under Italy's anti-discrimination laws was that of lawyer CarloTaormina, who in July 2013 during a radio interview declared that he would never...
for decoration of his Taorminese villa. In Taormina, his long-time companion was the Sicilian painter Carlo Siligato (1875-1959) A series of photographs...
Florence Trevelyan (1852–1907) of Taormina, Sicily, was an English gardener, builder of follies and pioneering wildlife conservationist. She was born on...
Ligas was in prison in Messina when she made a written statement to CarloTaormina, lawyer of the partner of Ligas, in which she asserted that Pittella...
(Taormina Film Fest): Gianfrancesco Lazotti Best Actor in a Leading Role (Taormina Film Fest): Filippo Nigro Best Actress in a Leading Role (Taormina Film...
Russa, former defence minister Carlo Lucarelli Don Antonio Mazzi fictional lawyer Messina (a parody of CarloTaormina) Monsignor Emmanuel Milingo Gianni...
achievements in film and television. The Taormina International Film Festival is held annually in Taormina, Italy, honoring achievements in film. The...
worldwide, such as Carnegie Hall, Central Park in New York, Teatro Antico di Taormina, Teatro de Bellas Artes, Teatro Amazonas, National Centre for the Performing...
This is the list of awards and nominations received by Maggie Smith, whose acting career in motion pictures, television, and on stage spans over 6 decades...
on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013. "Nastri d'Argento a Taormina premiati Martone e la Golino". la Repubblica. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 10...
Morgan, David (1 June 2011). "Oliver Stone, Monica Bellucci to Be Feted at Taormina Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3...
Critics Association award, the Moscow International Film Festival award, the Taormina Film Festival award, the Donostia Award from the San Sebastián International...
host G7 summit in 2017 in Taormina". RaiNews24. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016. Redazione (1 April 2016). "G7 a Taormina, è ufficiale. Renzi chiama...
after the merger between the teams of Giovanile Calcio Igea and that of Taormina Trappitello (acquiring its sports title of Prima Categoria Sicily) getting...
Garrone wins: eight awards for 'Dogman']. la Repubblica (in Italian). Taormina. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018. Dupre...
theatre of Taormina, among others. Monsalve has worked with conductors such as Patrick Fournillier, Nayden Todorov, Riccardo Muti, Carlo Rizzi, Paolo...
film opens with a scene of ancient Greek ruins (the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily), where a Greek chorus begins to introduce and narrate the story...
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