Wolfgang Krüger (judge)

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Wolfgang Krüger , (born July 4, 1947 ) is a German lawyer and was presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice .

After completing his legal training, he initially worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Roman Law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . In 1978 he entered the higher judicial service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. As a judge at the Dortmund Regional Court , he was a member of civil and criminal chambers; he was also presidential judge and press officer. In 1986 he was appointed judge at the Hamm Higher Regional Court. There he was a member of a civil senate and at the same time head of department for budget, construction, procurement and rationalization matters. In 1991 he was seconded to the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia . Here he headed the department for personnel matters for judges of the ordinary courts and public prosecutors. In 1994 he was elected judge at the Federal Court of Justice and was initially a member of the fifth civil senate responsible for property and neighboring law , and since 1999 also the senate for agricultural matters . From January 1998, in addition to his judicial duties, he was also the press spokesman for the Federal Court of Justice. He was also a member of the Grand Senate for Civil Matters. In July 2005 he was appointed chairman of the fifth civil senate and the senate for agricultural matters, which he held until his retirement on August 31, 2012.

Krüger has been teaching at universities since 1981, first at the Westphalian Wilhelms University and then at the University of Bonn , where he is a lecturer.

Wolfgang Krüger is chairman of the Legal Study Society at the Federal Court of Justice.

Articles (selection)

  • Designation of land in demerger and takeover agreements . In: ZnotP. 2008, pp. 466-468.
  • Incontestability of the decision according to § 522 II ZPO - an interjection . In: NJW. 2008, pp. 945-948.

Individual evidence

  1. New presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice Press release No. 99/05 of the Federal Court of Justice of July 5, 2005 (accessed on November 18, 2012)
  2. ^ Presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice Prof. Dr. Retired Wolfgang Krüger Press release No. 139/12 of the Federal Court of Justice of August 31, 2012 (accessed on November 18, 2012)