Raffaele Cantone


Raffaele Cantone is an Italian magistrate who has been appointed on 24 March 2014 by the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President of the Anti-corruption National Authority. Cantone held the office until October 2019.

Biography

Born in Naples, he grew up in Giugliano. Graduated in law at the University of Naples Federico II with the intention of becoming a lawyer, he entered the Italian magistrature in 1991, participating in a competition for 160 posts behind the advice to undertake this career provided by his uncle Nicola Giovannone, a marshal Major of the Guardia di Finanza.