President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Stephan Harbarth
Harbarth in 2017
President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2020
Vice-President
Doris König
Nominated by
CDU/CSU
Appointed by
Bundesrat
Preceded by
Andreas Voßkuhle
Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office 30 November 2018 – 22 June 2020
President
Andreas Voßkuhle
Nominated by
CDU/CSU
Appointed by
Bundestag
Preceded by
Ferdinand Kirchhof
Succeeded by
Doris König
Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany for the First Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 November 2018
Nominated by
CDU/CSU
Appointed by
Bundesrat
Preceded by
Ferdinand Kirchhof
Member of the Bundestag for Rhein-Neckar
In office 27 October 2009 – 30 November 2018
Preceded by
Bernd Schmidbauer
Succeeded by
Nina Warken
Personal details
Born
(1971-12-19) 19 December 1971 (age 52) Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship
German
Political party
Christian Democratic Union (1993–)
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Heidelberg
Yale University
Stephan Harbarth (born 19 December 1971 in Heidelberg) is the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht), former German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2009 until 2018 he served as member of the Bundestag. On 22 November 2018 he was elected to the Federal Constitutional Court by the Bundestag. He succeeded Ferdinand Kirchhof and serves in the court's first senate. On 23 November 2018, one day after his election to the court, he was elected Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court by the Bundesrat. In this capacity, he is chairman of the first senate.[1]
^"Bundesverfassungsgericht - Presse - Vizepräsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Kirchhof scheidet aus dem Amt".
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