List of Presidents of the Constitutional Court (Austria)

President of the Constitutional Court
Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs
Logo of the Court
Incumbent
Brigitte Bierlein
since 23 February 2018
Austrian Constitutional Court
Style Mrs. President
(when addressed in court)
Status Head and presiding judge of a court
Abbreviation VfGH-President
Member of Constitutional Court
Residence Seat of the Constitutional Court
Seat Innere Stadt, Vienna
Appointer The Government
sworn in by the President
Term length Up to the age of 70
Constituting instrument Constitution of Austria
First holder Paul Vittorelli
Deputy Christoph Grabenwarter
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 presiding judge and the head of the Austrian Constitutional Court.

List of officeholders

Portrait Name Took office Left office Notes
Paul Vittorelli[2] 14 February 1919 15 February 1930 President of the provisional Constitutional Court
Ernst Durig[3] 16 February 1930 14 July 1934 President of the "depoliticized" Constitutional Court

Constitutional Court disbanded from 1934 to 1945

Ernst Durig 14 December 1945 17 June 1946 President of the provisional Constitutional Court
Ludwig Adamovich senior 12 February 1958 3 October 1977
Gustav Zigeuner 1 February 1956 31 December 1957
Walter Antoniolli 12 February 1958 3 October 1977
Erwin Melichar 10 October 1977 31 December 1983
Ludwig Karl Adamovich 1 January 1984 31 December 2002
Karl Korinek 1 January 2003 30 April 2008
Gerhart Holzinger 1 May 2008 31 December 2017
Brigitte Bierlein 23 February 2018 Present Advocate General of the Procurator's Office
Vice-President of the Constitutional Court

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Der Österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof - Ehemalige Mitglieder". www.vfgh.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. ↑ Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011-11-30). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110961164.
  3. ↑ Heller, Kurt (2010). Der Verfassungsgerichtshof: Die Entwicklung der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in Österreich von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Verlag Österreich. ISBN 9783704654953.
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