List of presidents of the Constitutional Court (Austria)

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.

President of the Constitutional Court Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs
Coat of Arms
Logo of the Court
Incumbent Christoph Grabenwarter since 19 February 2020
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

List of officeholders

	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		347 days	Vice-President of the Constitutional Court

See also

• Judiciary of Austria
• History of Austria
• Politics of Austria
• Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)

External links

• Members of the Constitutional Court

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.