| President of the Constitutional Court | |
|---|---|
| Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs | |
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 Logo of the Court | |
| Austrian Constitutional Court | |
| Style | Mister President (normal) Your Honor (within court) |
| Type | Presiding judge |
| Status | Supreme executive organ |
| Seat | Seat of the Constitutional Court Innere Stadt, Vienna |
| Appointer | The Cabinet sworn in by the President |
| Term length | Up to the age of 70 |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Austria |
| First holder | Paul Vittorelli |
| Deputy | Vice President of the Constitutional Court |
| Website | vfgh.gv.at |
This is a list of presidents of the Constitutional Court (German: Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs) of Austria.[1] The president of the Constitutional Court is the head and presiding judge of the Austrian Constitutional Court.
List of officeholders[edit]
| Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Vittorelli [2] | 14 February 1919 | 15 February 1930 | 11 years, 1 day | President of the provisional Constitutional Court | |||
| Ernst Durig [3] | 16 February 1930 | 14 July 1934 | 4 years, 148 days | President of the "depoliticized" Constitutional Court | |||
| Constitutional Court disbanded from 1934 to 1945 | |||||||
| Ernst Durig | 14 December 1945 | 17 June 1946 | 185 days | President of the provisional Constitutional Court | |||
| Gustav Zigeuner | 1 February 1956 | 31 December 1957 | 1 year, 333 days | . | |||
| Ludwig Adamovich senior | 12 February 1958 | 3 October 1977 | 19 years, 233 days | . | |||
| Walter Antoniolli | 12 February 1958 | 3 October 1977 | 19 years, 233 days | . | |||
| Erwin Melichar | 10 October 1977 | 31 December 1983 | 6 years, 82 days | . | |||
| Ludwig Karl Adamovich (born 1932) | 1 January 1984 | 31 December 2002 | 18 years, 364 days | . | |||
| Karl Korinek (1940–2017) | 1 January 2003 | 30 April 2008 | 5 years, 120 days | . | |||
| Gerhart Holzinger (born 1947) | 1 May 2008 | 31 December 2017 | 8 years, 245 days | . | |||
| Brigitte Bierlein (born 1949) | 23 February 2018 | 3 June 2019 | 1 year, 100 days | Advocate General of the Procurator's Office Vice-President of the Constitutional Court | |||
| Christoph Grabenwarter (born 1966) | 19 February 2020 | 4 years, 58 days | Vice-President of the Constitutional Court | ||||
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Der Österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof – Ehemalige Mitglieder". www.vfgh.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011-11-30). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110961164.
- ^ Heller, Kurt (2010). Der Verfassungsgerichtshof: Die Entwicklung der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in Österreich von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Verlag Österreich. ISBN 9783704654953.