Georg Lienbacher (legal scholar)

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Georg Lienbacher (2012)

Georg Lienbacher (born February 21, 1961 in Hallein ) is an Austrian legal scholar and constitutional judge . He is currently university professor for public law at the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, as well as a judge at the Austrian Constitutional Court .

education

Georg Lienbacher was born on February 21, 1961 in the city of Hallein in the Austrian state of Salzburg . From 1972 to 1980 he attended the St. Rupert Missionary High School in Bischofshofen before doing military service in the Austrian Armed Forces. In the years 1981 to 1985, he then graduated from the Law studies at the University of Salzburg , where he on February 7, 1985 Doctor of Law doctorate was. From 1983 to 1986 Lienbacher also studied political science and journalism in Salzburg, partially overlapping. Following his studies, Georg Lienbacher completed his legal practice in 1985, partly at the Salzburg Regional Court and partly at the Salzburg District Court.

Professional background

During his studies, Lienbacher worked as a study assistant at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Salzburg from January 1, 1983 , and from 1985 he worked as a contract assistant. On November 1, 1985, Georg Lienbacher was appointed university assistant at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law.

In 1990 Georg Lienbacher accepted a position as a consultant in the constitutional service of the Austrian Federal Chancellery . In 1991 he became Minister Secretary of the then Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Federalism and Administrative Reform in the Federal Government of Vranitzky III , Josef Riegler . From 1992 to 1996 he also worked as a lecturer at the Europaakademie at the Federal Administration Academy . On February 1, 1996, he was permanently employed as a university assistant in Salzburg .

On June 27, 2001, Lienbacher's habilitation took place on the subject of the distribution of competencies in the state. Structural problems presented using the example of the fundamental traffic law . With his habilitation, Georg Lienbacher obtained the license to teach constitutional and administrative law including its references to European law. From October 1, 2001, he was employed as an associate professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg. In the winter semesters 2001/02 and 2002/03 Lienbacher also took on teaching duties at the University of Liechtenstein as part of the bachelor's degree in business administration there.

From 2002, Georg Lienbacher was module leader and lecturer for the field of "Basics of European Community Law" in the "International Executive MBA - Public Management" of Salzburg Management GmbH - University of Salzburg Business School as well as Senate Chairman of the Federal Procurement Control Commission. On October 1, 2003, Georg Lienbacher was appointed as the successor to Heinz Peter Rill as full professor for public law at the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business .

From 2005 to 2010 Lienbacher was also section head and head of the constitutional service in the Federal Chancellery as well as a member of the data protection council , from 2007 to 2009 chairman of the expert group on state and administrative reform and from 2010 to 2011 a member of the board of trustees of Austrian Broadcasting Corporation . Since 2010 Georg Lienbacher has been chairman of the Austrian Society for Legislative Studies, board member of the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and co-editor of the major commentary on federal constitutional law.

In 2010 Georg Lienbacher was nominated by the Austrian Federal Government as a judge at the Constitutional Court at the suggestion of the ÖVP and was appointed by Federal President Heinz Fischer in 2011. As a constitutional judge, he is currently also one of the permanent consultants at the Constitutional Court. At his former alma mater , the University of Salzburg , Georg Lienbacher was appointed by the Senate as a member of the University Council in 2018 , which subsequently elected him as its chairman.

Web links

Commons : Georg Lienbacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ex-constitutional service boss Lienbacher becomes constitutional judge. In: derStandard.at . November 16, 2010, accessed May 7, 2014 .
  2. ^ Georg Lienbacher new constitutional judge. January 10, 2011, accessed April 30, 2018 .
  3. ↑ University councils: The tug-of-war for orders should end on Wednesday. In: Courier . February 18, 2018, accessed March 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lienbacher, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian constitutional lawyer, judge at the Constitutional Court
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Hallein