Guy Canivet | |
Office: | Member of the Constitutional Council |
Term Start: | 5 March 2007 |
Term End: | 4 March 2016 |
Appointer: | Jean-Louis Debré |
President: | Jean-Louis Debré |
Predecessor: | Jean-Claude Colliard |
Successor: | Corinne Luquiens |
Office1: | First President of the Court of cassation |
Term Start1: | 2 July 1999 |
Term End1: | 5 March 2007 |
Predecessor1: | Pierre Truche |
Successor1: | Vincent Lamanda |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1943 |
Birth Place: | Lons-le-Saunier, France |
Nationality: | French |
Alma Mater: | École Nationale de la Magistrature |
Occupation: | Magistrate |
Guy Canivet (born 23 September 1943 in Lons-le-Saunier) is a French judge.
, he is president of the Court of Cassation and as such is the highest judge in France.
On 22 February 2007, Jean-Louis Debré, president of the French National Assembly, appointed Guy Canivet to the Constitutional Council of France, replacing Jean-Claude Colliard.[1]