List of judges at the General Court of the European Union
The judiciary at the General Court of the European Union is exercised by 54 judges . Every member state of the European Union is now represented by two judges.
Previous and current judges (list not complete)
The names of current judges are in bold.
Surname | country | Beginning of the term of office | Elected until |
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José Luís da Cruz Vilaça (* 1944), President 1989–1995 | Portugal | September 1, 1989 | 17th September 1995 |
Donal Barrington (born 1954) | Ireland | September 1, 1989 | January 10, 1996 |
Christos Yeraris (* 1938) | Greece | September 1, 1989 | September 18, 1992 |
Jacques Biancarelli (* 1948) | France | September 1, 1989 | 17th September 1995 |
Antonio Saggio (* 1934), President 1995–1998 | Italy | September 25, 1989 | March 4, 1998 |
David Edward (* 1934) | United Kingdom | September 25, 1989 | March 9, 1992 |
Heinrich Kirschner (* 1938) | Germany | September 25, 1989 | February 6, 1997 |
Romain Schintgen (* 1939) | Luxembourg | September 25, 1989 | July 11, 1996 |
Cornelis Paulus Briët (* 1944) | Netherlands | September 25, 1989 | 17th September 1998 |
Bo Vesterdorf (* 1945), President 1998–2007 | Denmark | September 25, 1989 | September 17, 2007 |
Rafael García-Valdecasas y Fernández (* 1946) | Spain | September 25, 1989 | September 17, 2007 |
Koen Lenaerts (* 1954) | Belgium | September 25, 1989 | October 6, 2003 |
Christopher William Bellamy (* 1946) | United Kingdom | March 10, 1992 | December 15, 1999 |
Andreas Kalogeropoulos (* 1944) | Greece | September 18, 1992 | 17th September 1998 |
Josef Azizi (* 1948) | Austria | January 18, 1995 | August 31, 2013 |
Virpi Tiili (* 1942) | Finland | January 18, 1995 | October 6, 2009 |
Pernilla Lindh (* 1945) | Sweden | January 18, 1995 | October 6, 2006 |
André Potocki (* 1950) | France | September 18, 1995 | September 19, 2001 |
Rui Gens de Moura Ramos (* 1950) | Portugal | September 18, 1995 | March 31, 2003 |
John Cooke (born 1944) | Ireland | January 10, 1996 | September 15, 2008 |
Marc Jaeger (* 1954), President 2007–2019 | Luxembourg | July 11, 1996 | August 31, 2016 |
Jörg Pirrung (* 1940) | Germany | June 11, 1997 | September 17, 2007 |
Paolo Mengozzi (* 1938) | Italy | March 4, 1998 | May 3, 2006 |
Mihalis Vilaras (* 1950) | Greece | 17th September 1998 | October 25, 2010 |
Arjen Meij (* 1944) | Netherlands | 17th September 1998 | September 13, 2010 |
Nicholas James Forwood (* 1948) | United Kingdom | December 15, 1999 | October 6, 2015 |
Ian Stewart Forrester (* 1945) | United Kingdom | October 7, 2015 | August 31, 2019 |
Hubert Legal (* 1954) | France | September 19, 2001 | September 17, 2007 |
Maria Eugénia Martins de Nazaré Ribeiro (* 1956) | Portugal | March 31, 2003 | August 31, 2016 |
Franklin Dehousse (* 1959) | Belgium | October 7, 2003 | August 31, 2016 |
Ena Cremona (* 1937) | Malta | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2013 |
Ottó Czúcz (* 1946) | Hungary | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2019 |
Irena Wiszniewska-Białecka (1947-2018) | Poland | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2016 |
Irena Pelikánová (* 1949) | Czech Republic | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2019 |
Vilenas Vadapalas (* 1954) | Lithuania | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2013 |
Küllike Jürimäe (* 1962) | Estonia | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2016 |
Ingrīda Labucka (* 1963) | Latvia | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2019 |
Savvas Papasavvas (* 1969) | Cyprus | May 12, 2004 | August 31, 2016 |
Verica Trstenjak (* 1962) | Slovenia | July 7, 2004 | October 6, 2006 |
Enzo Moavero Milanesi (* 1954) | Italy | May 3, 2006 | November 15, 2011 |
Nils Wahl (* 1961) | Sweden | October 7, 2006 | November 28, 2012 |
Miro Prek (* 1965) | Slovenia | October 7, 2006 | August 31, 2019 |
Teodor Tchipev (* 1940) | Bulgaria | January 12, 2007 | August 31, 2013 |
Valeriu M. Ciuca (* 1960) | Romania | January 12, 2007 | August 31, 2010 |
Alfred Dittrich (* 1950) | Germany | September 17, 2007 | August 31, 2019 |
Santiago Soldevila Fragoso (* 1960) | Spain | September 17, 2007 | August 31, 2013 |
Laurent Truchot (* 1962) | France | September 17, 2007 | August 31, 2013 |
Sten Frimodt Nielsen (* 1963) | Denmark | September 17, 2007 | August 31, 2016 |
Kevin O'Higgins (born 1946) | Ireland | September 15, 2008 | August 31, 2013 |
Heikki Kanninen (* 1952) | Finland | October 7, 2009 | August 31, 2016 |
Juraj Schwarcz (* 1952) | Slovakia | October 7, 2009 | August 31, 2016 |
Marc van der Woude (* 1960), President since 2019 | Netherlands | September 1, 2010 | August 31, 2016 |
Dimitrios Gratsias (* 1957) | Greece | October 25, 2010 | August 31, 2016 |
Andrei Popescu (* 1948) | Romania | November 26, 2010 | August 31, 2016 |
Mariyana Kancheva (* 1958) | Bulgaria | September 19, 2011 | August 31, 2019 |
Guido Berardis (* 1950) | Italy | 17th September 2012 | August 31, 2019 |
Eugène Buttigieg (* 1961) | Malta | October 8, 2012 | August 31, 2019 |
Viktor Kreuschitz (* 1952) | Austria | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2016 |
Stéphane Gervasoni (* 1967) | France | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Ignacio Ulloa Rubio (* 1967) | Spain | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Anthony Michael Collins (* 1960) | Ireland | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Egidijus Bieliūnas (* 1950) | Lithuania | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Vesna Tomljenović (* 1956) | Croatia | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Carl Wetter (* 1949) | Sweden | September 1st 2013 | August 31, 2019 |
Johannes Laitenberger (* 1964) | Germany | 1st September 2019 | August 31, 2025 |
Gabriele Steinfatt (* 1977) | Germany | 1st September 2019 | August 31, 2025 |
Chancellor
Surname | country | Beginning of the term of office | Elected until |
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Hans Jung (1944-2009) | Germany | October 10, 1989 | October 5, 2005 |
Emmanuel Coulon (* 1968) | France | October 6, 2005 | October 6, 2017 |
See also
- List of judges at the European Court of Justice
- List of German judges and advocates general at the European Court of Justice
- List of judges at the European Court of Human Rights
Web links
- Composition of the court and further information on the judges on the website of the European Court of Justice
- Protocol order
- Overview of terms of office (PDF)