| Virginio Rognoni | |
| Order: | Vice president of CSM |
| Term Start: | 2 August 2002 |
| Term End: | 1 August 2006 |
| Predecessor: | Giovanni Verde |
| Successor: | Nicola Mancino |
| Order2: | Minister of Defence |
| Term Start2: | 27 July 1990 |
| Term End2: | 28 June 1992 |
| Primeminister2: | Giulio Andreotti |
| Predecessor2: | Mino Martinazzoli |
| Successor2: | Salvo Andò |
| Order3: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start3: | 1 August 1986 |
| Term End3: | 28 July 1987 |
| Primeminister3: | Bettino Craxi Amintore Fanfani |
| Predecessor3: | Mino Martinazzoli |
| Successor3: | Giuliano Vassalli |
| Order4: | Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start4: | 13 June 1978 |
| Term End4: | 4 August 1983 |
| Primeminister4: | Giulio Andreotti Francesco Cossiga Arnaldo Forlani Giovanni Spadolini Amintore Fanfani |
| Predecessor4: | Francesco Cossiga |
| Successor4: | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
| Order5: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start5: | 5 June 1968 |
| Term End5: | 14 April 1994 |
| Constituency5: | Milan-Pavia |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Corsico, Lombardy, Italy |
| Death Place: | Pavia, Lombardy, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Pavia Yale University |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Virginio Rognoni (5 August 1924 – 20 September 2022) was an Italian politician, who was a prominent member of Christian Democracy. He was several times Interior Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Justice. From 2002 to 2006 he was vice-president of the High Council of the Judiciary.
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 Brgate 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 (Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura).
Rognoni died in Pavia on 20 September 2022, at the age of 98.[1]