Róbert Ragnar Spanó

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| caption = Official portrait, 2020

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| office = President of the
[[European Court of Human Rights]]

| office = President of the
[[European Court of Human Rights]]

| term_start = 17 May 2020

| term_start = 17 May 2020

| term_end = 1 November 2022

| term_end = 1 November 2022

| predecessor = [[Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos]]

| predecessor = [[Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos]]

| successor = [[Síofra O'Leary]]

| successor = [[Síofra O'Leary]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|8|27}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1972|8|27}}

| birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], Iceland

| birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], Iceland

| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]
[[University of Iceland]]

| nationality = Icelandic-Italian

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[[University of Iceland]]

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'''Róbert Ragnar Spanó''' (born 27 August 1972) is an Icelandic-Italian jurist, judge, and former president of the [[European Court of Human Rights]]. He has been a partner at the multinational law firm of [[Gibson Dunn|Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher]] since the end of this tenure as president of the court in October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Spano, Robert |url=https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/spano-robert/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Gibson Dunn |language=en-US}} He started his tenure as president of the court on 18 May 2020,{{Cite web|title=Presidency of the Court|url=https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=court/president&c|access-date=9 September 2020|website=ECHR}} succeeding [[Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos|Judge Sicilianos]] from Greece. Before beginning his service on the court on 1 November 2013, he served provisionally as parliamentary ombudsman of [[Iceland]]{{Cite news|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2008245225129/robert-spano-verdur-umbodsmadur-althingis|title=Robert Spano becomes the Ombudsman of the Parliament|date=17 September 2008|work=visir|access-date=3 July 2018|language=is}} and dean of the Faculty of Law,{{Cite news|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/robert-spano-verdur-umbodsmadur|title=Róbert Spanó verður umboðsmaður|date=1 March 2013|work=RÚV|access-date=3 July 2018|language=is}} University of Iceland. Spano's mandate as a judge and president of the court ended on 31 October 2022 when he was succeeded by Judge [[Síofra O'Leary|Siofra O'Leary]].

'''Róbert Ragnar Spanó''' (born 27 August 1972) is an Icelandic-Italian jurist, judge, and former president of the [[European Court of Human Rights]]. He has been a partner at the multinational law firm of [[Gibson Dunn|Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher]] since the end of this tenure as president of the court in October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Spano, Robert |url=https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/spano-robert/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Gibson Dunn |language=en-US}} He started his tenure as president of the court on 18 May 2020,{{Cite web|title=Presidency of the Court|url=https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=court/president&c|access-date=9 September 2020|website=ECHR}} succeeding [[Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos|Judge Sicilianos]] from Greece. Before beginning his service on the court on 1 November 2013, he served provisionally as parliamentary ombudsman of [[Iceland]]{{Cite news|url=http://www.visir.is/g/2008245225129/robert-spano-verdur-umbodsmadur-althingis|title=Robert Spano becomes the Ombudsman of the Parliament|date=17 September 2008|work=visir|access-date=3 July 2018|language=is}} and dean of the Faculty of Law,{{Cite news|url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/robert-spano-verdur-umbodsmadur|title=Róbert Spanó verður umboðsmaður|date=1 March 2013|work=RÚV|access-date=3 July 2018|language=is}} University of Iceland. Spano's mandate as a judge and president of the court ended on 31 October 2022 when he was succeeded by Judge [[Síofra O'Leary|Siofra O'Leary]].