Italy's Justice Minister pulls out iPhone during talkshow to check law

The count of heads of state who flaunt their iDevices continues to grow. This week, Italy's Justice Minister, Angelino Alfano, used an iPhone to reference an Italian law.

While speaking on a prime-time television show, Minister Alfano used his iPhone, clad in a patriotic case, to access the app Codici and Leggi (19,99 €) and quote verbatim an Italian law on wiretapping.

We've seen other political leaders using Apple gizmos recently. For instance, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and South Korea's minister of culture, tourism and sports, Yu In-chon, have all been seen with iPads (though Yu In-chon did not activate his, as they had not been cleared for wireless communication by the South Korean government at the time).

Here in the US, First Lady Michelle Obama recently used a borrowed iPhone to send her first tweet (with some difficulty). Over the years, we've seen Pope Benedict XVI and Britian's Queen Elizabeth II receive iPods. Next we'll be hearing that the Icelandic authorities tried to soothe the volcanic eruptions there by sacrificing an iPad.

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The apples are the main symbol of the show!

May 07 2010 at 12:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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W Gianfranco Fini!

May 07 2010 at 12:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Average White Boy

I guess he didn't care that the iPhone doesn't support Flash. Screw Adobe. Next time he'll whip out his iPad to prove a point.

May 06 2010 at 8:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Manuel L.

Scuzi? BipiDi Bapidi!

Que COza?

...that's what she said.

May 05 2010 at 10:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mark

This one is nothing to be proud about, believe me. His main job is writing laws to save his master's ass (Berlusconi).

May 05 2010 at 6:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

N900

Slow news day, huh?

Well hay look, there's a flag on his!

May 05 2010 at 6:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

igzabier

how to say 'douche' in Italian?another member of the white christmas party?;http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/04/woman-fined-for-wear.html
or http://boingboing.net/2009/12/14/dark-skinned-nativit.html

May 05 2010 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

antiorario

This assface is not a head of state. So what's the big deal if he has an iPhone?

May 05 2010 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rot\'nApple

Wait, wasn't he ordering a PIZZA with everything on it?! Boy, my Italian is rusty!

And what was with all the falling apples? For a moment I thought the housewives of Wisteria Lane were going to come out and have a free for all desperately rowdy time!

May 05 2010 at 5:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

macxprt

Italian Government and Laws...

there's an app for that.

May 05 2010 at 4:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply