Peter Fessler (lawyer)

Peter Fessler (born September 22, 1928 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and former constitutional judge . Fessler was a member of the Austrian Constitutional Court from 1974 to 1998 .

Career

Peter Fessler was born on September 22, 1928 in the Austrian capital Vienna and grew up there. He completed his law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in law in 1951 . Following his court practice , Fessler joined the concept service of the Vienna Federal Police Directorate as a civil servant in 1953 . From 1957 he worked in his office for association law matters. In 1962 he was appointed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior to work in the department for personnel and training matters of the Federal Police. Subsequently, he rose to the position of deputy department head in the area of general presidential affairs.

On March 11, 1974, Peter Fessler was appointed a member of the Constitutional Court by Federal President Franz Jonas on the proposal of the National Council . From 1975 he was one of the permanent speakers within the VfGH. Fessler remained a member of the VfGH until his constitutionally required retirement on December 31, 1998, the end of the year in which he turned 70. In 1999, he also retired from the Ministry of Interior.

Awards

1984: Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
1989: Great Silver Decoration for Services to the State of Vienna
1999: Awarded the professional title of Professor
2004: Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna

Web links

Brauner honors two great Viennese for their services . APA-OTS broadcast by the City of Vienna on May 27, 2004 with a short résumé of Peter Fessler.

Individual evidence

↑ Kurt Heller : The Constitutional Court. The development of constitutional jurisdiction in Austria from the beginning to the present . Verlag Österreich , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7046-5495-3 , chapter short biographies of the members and substitute members of the Constitutional Court 1945-2010 , p. 629 .
↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
↑ Decoration of Honor of the State of Vienna. In: Website of the City of Vienna. Press service Rathaus-Korrespondenz, November 15, 1989, accessed on July 17, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Fessler, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian lawyer, former constitutional judge
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Kurt Heller : The Constitutional Court. The development of constitutional jurisdiction in Austria from the beginning to the present . Verlag Österreich , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7046-5495-3 , chapter short biographies of the members and substitute members of the Constitutional Court 1945-2010 , p. 629 .

[2] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

[3] Decoration of Honor of the State of Vienna. In: Website of the City of Vienna. Press service Rathaus-Korrespondenz, November 15, 1989, accessed on July 17, 2017 .