Udo Di Fabio Explained

Office:Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Termstart:16 December 1999
Termend:19 December 2011

Udo Di Fabio (born 26 March 1954, in Duisburg[1]) is a German jurist. He is a former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Germany's highest court, where he served as a member of the Second Senate from December 1999 until December 2011.

Biography

In 1970 Di Fabio began as a local government official in middle service in Dinslaken.[2] He completed his secondary school diploma and then studied law at the Ruhr University in Bochum as well as social sciences at the University of Duisburg (now University of Duisburg-Essen). After completing the two state examinations in law in 1982 and 1985, Di Fabio was a judge at the Duisburg Social Court. In 1986 he worked as a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (scientific assistant) at the Institute for Public Law at the University of Bonn. In 1987, he achieved there his dissertation German: Rechtsschutz im parlamentarischen Untersuchungsverfahren, followed by a doctorate in the subject of social sciences in 1990. He completed his habilitation in 1993. Then he was appointed university professor for public law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, followed by a call to the University of Trier.[3] From 1997 to 2003 Di Fabio was a Professor of Public Law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, since 2003 he has been Professor for Public Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. From 1999 to 2011 he was Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court. In 2011, he was holder of the Mercator professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen.[4]

In April 2020, Di Fabio was appointed by Minister-President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia to a 12-member expert group to advise on economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[5]

Other activities

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Personal life

Di Fabio is married, has four children and lives in Bonn.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Der konservative Aufsteiger . Cicero Online . 25 August 2005 . de . 27 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Professor Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio – Institut für Öffentliches Recht – Abteilung Staatsrecht . Universität Bonn . de . 27 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio . Stiftung Familienunternehmen . 15 September 2014 . de . 27 July 2021.
  4. Web site: UDE: Mercator-Professor Udo Di Fabio . idw . de . 27 July 2021.
  5. Kristian Frigelj (1 April 2020), Zwölfköpfiges Gremium: Armin Laschet gründet „Expertenrat Corona“ Die Welt.
  6. https://www.freshfields.de/news/2024/04/margret-suckale-uebernimmt-vorsitz-des-ethikkomitees-von-freshfields-in-deutschland/ Margret Suckale über­nimmt Vorsitz des Ethik­komitees von Freshfields in Deutsch­land
  7. https://www.hayek-stiftung.de/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees
  8. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/about-swp/foundation/organs-of-the-trust/ Council
  9. https://www.telekom-stiftung.de/de/personen/kuratorium Board of Trustees
  10. http://www.vodafone-stiftung.com/vodafone_advisory_council.html Advisory Board
  11. https://www.familienunternehmen.de/en/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees
  12. http://www.drze.de/about-us/board-advisory-council?set_language=en Board of Trustees
  13. https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1b2a9763-3004-c787-92c0-8aeb878fa18e&groupId=252038 CV Di Fabio