| Giovanni De Falco | |
| Office: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start: | 31 December 1865 |
| Term End: | 20 June 1866 |
| King: | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Prime Minister: | Alfonso La Marmora |
| Predecessor: | Paolo Cortese |
| Successor: | Francesco Borgatti |
| Prime Mimister2: | Giovanni Lanza |
| Term Start2: | 24 February 1871 |
| Term End2: | 10 July 1873 |
| Predecessor2: | Matteo Raeli |
| Successor2: | Paolo Onorato Vigliani |
| Office3: | Senator of the Kingdom of Italy |
| Term Start3: | 8 October 1865 |
| Term End3: | 25 February 1886 |
Giovanni Raffaele Francesco De Falco (28 May 1818 – 25 February 1886) was an Italian politician, magistrate and senator of the Kingdom of Italy.[1]
De Falco was born in Bracigliano. His father Nicola was the lord of Bracigliano, while his mother Agnese belonged to a wealthy local family, the Amatos.[2] After graduating in law from the University of Naples, De Falco became Attorney General at the Grand Criminal Court of Naples (27 July 1860); Counselor of the Supreme Court of Justice of Naples, then of the Court of Cassation of Naples (28 January 1861); Deputy Attorney General at the Supreme Court of Justice of Naples, then at the Court of Cassation of Naples (6 April 1862) and eventually Attorney General at the Court of Cassation of Naples (27 December 1863). After the unification of Italy he was appointed Attorney General at the Court of Cassation of Rome (13 January 1876 -25 February 1886)[3] and later served as a member of the Diplomatic Litigation Council (1885).[4] [3]
De Falco was appointed senator on 8 October 1865. He then served as Minister of Justice twice, in the second La Marmora government (31 December 1865 - 20 June 1866) and the Lanza government (24 February 1871 - 5 July 1873).[4]
As Justice Minister, De Falco led two initiatives to furnish the new Kingdom of Italy with a single criminal code. In 1866 he brought forward a draft code he had been working on since 1864, but parliament failed to pass it. He tried again in 1873 during his second term but left office before it could be presented to parliament.[5]
De Falco died in Naples on 25 February 1886, at the age of 67.