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{{Short description|Italian politician (1924–2022)}}
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{{Infobox politician
|name = Virginio Rognoni
|image = Virginio Rognoni.jpg
|order = [[Vice president]] of [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|CSM]]
|term_start = 2 August 2002
|term_end = 1 August 2006
|predecessor = [[Giovanni Verde]]
|successor = [[Nicola Mancino]]
|order2 = [[Italian Minister of Defence|Minister of Defence]]
|term_start2 = 27 July 1990
|term_end2 = 28 June 1992
|primeminister2 = [[Giulio Andreotti]]
|predecessor2 = [[Mino Martinazzoli]]
|successor2 = [[Salvo Andò]]
|order3 = [[Italian Minister of Justice|Minister of Justice]]
|term_start3 = 1 August 1986
|term_end3 = 28 July 1987
|primeminister3 = [[Bettino Craxi]]<br>[[Amintore Fanfani]]
|predecessor3 = [[Mino Martinazzoli]]
|successor3 = [[Giuliano Vassalli]]
|order4 = [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Minister of the Interior]]
|term_start4 = 13 June 1978
|term_end4 = 4 August 1983
|primeminister4 = [[Giulio Andreotti]]<br>[[Francesco Cossiga]]<br>[[Arnaldo Forlani]]<br>[[Giovanni Spadolini]]<br>[[Amintore Fanfani]]
|predecessor4 = [[Francesco Cossiga]]
|successor4 = [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]]
|order5 = [[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Member of the Chamber of Deputies]]
|term_start5 = 5 June 1968
|term_end5 = 14 April 1994
|constituency5 = [[Milan]]-[[Pavia]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|08|05|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Corsico]], [[Lombardy]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|09|20|1924|08|05|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Pavia]], Lombardy, Italy
|nationality = Italian
|alma_mater = [[University of Pavia]]<br>[[Yale University]]
|profession = Lawyer
|party = [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|DC]] {{small|(1960–1994)}}<br>[[Italian People's Party (1994)|PPI]] {{small|(1994–2002)}}<br>[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy]] {{small|(2002–2007)}}<br>[[Democratic Party (Italy)|PD]] {{small|(2007–2022)}}
}}

'''Virginio Rognoni''' (5 August 1924 – 20 September 2022) was an Italian politician, who was a prominent member of [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]]. He was several times [[Italian Minister of the Interior|Interior Minister]], [[Italian Minister of Defense|Minister of Defense]] and [[Italian Minister of Justice|Minister of Justice]]. From 2002 to 2006 he was vice-president of the [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|High Council of the Judiciary]].

==Biography==
As a student at the historic [[Collegio Ghislieri]], in November 1947 he obtained a degree in law from the [[University of Pavia]]. He studied at [[Yale University]] between 1949 and 1950 and also worked as a lawyer.

Rognoni began his political career in local government, serving as a city councillor in Pavia from 1960 to 1964, and from 1964 to 1967 as deputy mayor and as councillor for town planning. He then entered national politics, and was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies for seven consecutive terms (1968–1994).

Rognoni was Minister of the Interior from 1978 to 1983, of Justice (1986–1987) and Minister of Defence (1990–1992): he faced the terrorism and he solved the kidnapping of [[James Lee Dozier]] by the hand of [[Brigate Rosse]]. He was criticized by the Italian Communist Party while Minister of the Interior for failing to protect General [[Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa]], who was killed on the same day in which he asked Rognoni to meet him.

From 2002 until he retired in 2006 he was vice-president of the [[High Council of the Judiciary (Italy)|High Council of the Judiciary]] (''Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura'').

Rognoni died in [[Pavia]] on 20 September 2022, at the age of 98.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/09/20/news/morto_virginio_rognoni_ex_ministro_pavia-366468019/?ref=RHUO|title=Morto Virginio Rognoni: lo storico ministro della Democrazia Cristiana aveva 98 anni|publisher=[[La Repubblica]]|date=20 September 2022|access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>

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