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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Voßkuhle

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Career

  • born 21.12.1963 in Detmold
  • Law studies at the Universitiy of Bayreuth and the LMU Munich
  • 1989: First state examination in law (Munich)
  • 1993: Second state examination in law (Munich)
  • 1992: Dr. iur., LMU Munich
    Doctoral thesis: „Rechtsschutz gegen den Richter"
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Lerche
    Awarded the faculty prize of the faculty of law, LMU Munich

  • 1992 - 1994: Research assistant at the Institute for public law, commercial administrative law and environmental law, University of Augsburg, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reiner Schmidt

  • 1995: Senior civil servant in the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior

  • 1998: Habilitation at the University of Augsburg
    Thesis: "Das Kompensationsprinzip"
    venia legendi for public law, administrative sciences and legal theory

  • Since 1999: Chair in public law at the  Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., head of the Institute for state science and legal philosophy, Section 1 (state science)
    Research focus on constitutional law, general administrative law, public commercial law, environmental law and theory of state and law.

  • 2004: Declined a professorship for public law and administrative sciences at the University of Hamburg

  • 2006 - 2007: Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin

  • 1.4.2008: Named as head of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (voted in in July 2007)

  • 7.5.2008: Named as justice and vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

  • 16.3.2010: Named as president of the Federal Constiutional Court -
    End of term 22.06.2020.

 

Activities in Scientific Organisations

  • 2003-2006: dean and 2000-2003 dean of studies of the faculty of law, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
  • 2006-2007: member of the University Council, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  • Since 2007: Permanent member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Since 2006: Member of the board of the Hohbühl-Stiftung
  • Since 2021: Deputy chairman of the University Council, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (seit 2021)

 

Other Positions

 

Honours and prizes (selected)

  • 2014: Awarded the Cicero-Rednerpreis (Cicero orator's award)
  • 2017: Honorary doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 2017: Awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 2019: Awarded Otto Kirchheimer-Preis
  • 2019: Honorary doctorate from the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2020: Awared the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2021: Honorary doctorate from the Eötvös Loránd Universität – ELTE in Budapest

 

 

Contact information

Front office: Ms. Nicole Hoffmann
Phone: 0761/203-2207
E-Mail: staatswissenschaft@jura.uni-freiburg.de