National
First President of the Court of Cassation
- Italian: Primo presidente della Corte di cassazione
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of the Italian Republic
- Exact method
- Appointed by decree of the President of the Republic on the proposal of the High Council of the Judiciary (Law 195/1958 and Ordinamento giudiziario); holder not yet sourced.
- Chosen by
- President of the Italian Republic
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Pasquale D'Ascola Report Source: cortedicassazione.it, checked
Sources
- quirinale.it · checked Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana Art. 56-59, 63, 83-85, 92, 135 and Law 165/2017 (electoral law), read 2026-10-12: offices, seat counts and selection methods. Ministerial portfolios from https://www.governo.it/it/ministri-e-sottosegretari, read 2026-10-12. For: First President of the Court of Cassation
- governo.it · checked Italian names of bodies and ministerial offices from governo.it, camera.it, senato.it and the Costituzione, read 2026-10-12. For: First President of the Court of Cassation in Italian
- cortedicassazione.it · checked Corte Suprema di Cassazione, home page, read 2026-10-12: Pasquale D'Ascola is the current First President. Elected by the CSM plenum 2025-09-04 succeeding Margherita Cassano (AGI, https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2025-09-04/pasquale-d-ascola-presidente-cassazione-33013108/); exact start date not sourced, left NULL. For: Pasquale D'Ascola, current term