Ingrid Siess-Scherz

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Ingrid Siess-Scherz (2012)

Ingrid Siess-Scherz (born November 11, 1965 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and constitutional judge . Siess-Scherz has been a judge at the Austrian Constitutional Court since 2012 .Template: future / in 5 years

education

Ingrid Siess-Scherz was born on November 11, 1965 in the Austrian capital Vienna. There she also attended compulsory schools and graduated in 1984 from the modern language federal high school Vienna XVI in the 16th district of Vienna Ottakring . She then completed from 1984 to 1992, the Law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna , where she in 1992 for Doctor of Law (Dr.iur) doctorate was.

Professional background

During her studies at the University of Vienna , Ingrid Siess-Scherz was first a study assistant and then a contract assistant at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law with University Professor Heinz Mayer . In 1991 Siess-Scherz graduated from the judicial practice , as early as 1990, she also worked as an Associate at the law firm Schoenherr Barefoot Torggler & Partner . In 1992 she finally moved to the public service and worked in the constitutional service of the Austrian Federal Chancellery , where she was head of department from 1997 and deputy head of the constitutional service section from 2007. From 2008 to 2012 Ingrid Siess-Scherz was head of the legal, legislative and scientific services in the Parliamentary Directorate of the Austrian Parliament .

In addition to her full-time activity, Siess-Scherz also held numerous functions in the field of human rights , for example from 1998 to 2003 as a member of the Human Rights Advisory Council in the Federal Ministry of the Interior . From 2005 to 2008 she was Deputy Legal Representative of the Republic of Austria before the European Court of Human Rights and from 2005 to 2006 she was Chair of the Expert Committee of the Council of Europe for the Improvement of Procedures (DH-PR) and from 2005 to 2008 she was a member of the office of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe for Human Rights (CDDH).

In 2012 Ingrid Siess-Scherz was nominated by the federal government as a new judge at the Constitutional Court at the suggestion of the SPÖ . Federal President Heinz Fischer then appointed Siess-Scherz as constitutional judge on June 20, 2012. She is currently a permanent speaker at the Constitutional Court.

Web links

Commons : Ingrid Siess-Scherz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingrid Siess-Scherz new service manager in the Parliamentary Administration . Parliament correspondence No. 1024/2007 of December 20, 2007.
  2. ↑ Ingrid Siess-Scherz becomes the new constitutional judge . Article on dieStandard.at from June 12, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Siess joke, Ingrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and constitutional judge
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna