Peter Jann

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Peter Jann (born January 20, 1935 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and judge. Jann was a member of the Austrian Constitutional Court from 1978 to 1995 and from 1995 to 2009 the judge at the European Court of Justice , where he was most recently President of the First Chamber.

Professional background

Peter Jann was born on January 20, 1935 in the Austrian capital, Vienna, and attended the academic high school there . He completed his law studies at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in law ( Dr.iur. ) In 1957 . Then in 1958 Jann entered the judicial preparatory service and in 1961 passed the judge's examination. Peter Jann then worked for a short time as a consultant for general criminal matters at the Federal Ministry of Justice , before taking up his first judicial position as a press judge at the Vienna District Court in 1963. In 1966 he became press officer in the Ministry of Justice, where he moved to the international department in 1970. During this time Peter Jann worked on working committees at the Council of Europe and represented the Austrian Federal Government before the European Commission for Human Rights .

From 1973 to 1978 Peter Jann was released from service in the ministry, since during this time he worked in the club secretariat of the parliamentary club of the Austrian People's Party as an advisor to the judiciary committee and press officer. On January 13, 1978, Peter Jann was appointed as the successor to Gustav Kaniak by Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger as a member of the Austrian Constitutional Court on the proposal of the Federal Government . As such, from January 1, 1979, he was also a permanent speaker in the judges' panel of the VfGH. Jann was also a lecturer at the Federal Administration Academy and the City of Vienna.

Peter Jann resigned from his post as constitutional judge on January 31, 1995. Shortly before, on January 1, 1995, Austria joined the European Union . Jann was subsequently appointed by the federal government as the first Austrian judge at the European Court of Justice . In October 2000 this judge's office was extended by a further term. During this second term of office, Peter Jann, after having been elected in 1995 and 1998, was re-elected Chamber President of the First Chamber of the European Court of Justice in 2003 and thus the second highest judge at the Court of Justice. Peter Jann took up a third term in 2006 when his judicial activity at the European Court of Justice was renewed by the federal government. On October 7, 2009 he ended his career as an active judge, his successor as Austrian judge at the ECJ was the former SPÖ Justice Minister Maria Berger .

Part-time activities

Peter Jann was or is a member of the board of the Austrian Lawyers' Association and the Austrian League for Human Rights as well as a member of the Austrian Legal Commission and a number of other legal associations. Since the reintroduction of the Austrian Press Council in 2010, Peter Jann has been Senate Chairman of the first Senate.

Awards

Peter Jann has received numerous awards for his many years of legal work in judicial offices.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Appointments to the Court of Justice. European Court of Justice, July 26, 2000, accessed on July 17, 2017 (press release of the Court of Justice on the appointment of judges with CVs).
  2. ↑ 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. 636 .
  3. ↑ Austria nominates Peter Jann again as judge for the ECJ. In: Parliament correspondence No. 233. Parliament correspondence of the Austrian Parliament, March 21, 2006, accessed on July 17, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Interview with Dr. Peter Jann, judge at the European Court of Justice on the occasion of the termination of his activity on October 6, 2009 . In: Österreichische Juristen-Zeitung . No. 2009/95 . Manz'sche publishing and university bookstore , Vienna 2009, p. 883 .
  5. ^ Members of the Senate Senate 1. In: Website of the Austrian Press Council. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ a b List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Jann, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and judge
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna