Udo Di Fabio
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Udo Di Fabio | |
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 Udo Di Fabio (2012) in Frankfurt am Main | |
| Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
| In office 16 December 1999 – 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
[edit]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).[2] After completing the two state examinations in law in 1982 and 1985, Di Fabio was a judge at the Duisburg Social Court.[2] In 1986 he worked as a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (scientific assistant) at the Institute for Public Law at the University of Bonn.[2] In 1987, he achieved there his dissertation Rechtsschutz im parlamentarischen Untersuchungsverfahren, followed by a doctorate in the subject of social sciences in 1990.[2] 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.[3] From 1999 to 2011 he was Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court.[citation needed] In 2011, he was holder of the Mercator professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen.[4][3]
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
[edit]Corporate boards
[edit]- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Germany, Member of the Ethics Committee (2020–2024)[6]
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
- German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Member of the Council[8]
- Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees[9]
- Vodafone Germany Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board[10]
- Foundation for Family Businesses, Member of Board of Trustees[11]
- German Reference Centre (DRZE), Member of the Board of Trustees[12]
Personal life
[edit]Di Fabio is married, has four children and lives in Bonn.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Der konservative Aufsteiger". Cicero Online (in German). 25 August 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio – Institut für Öffentliches Recht – Abteilung Staatsrecht". Universität Bonn (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio". Stiftung Familienunternehmen (in German). 15 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "UDE: Mercator-Professor Udo Di Fabio". idw (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Kristian Frigelj (1 April 2020), Zwölfköpfiges Gremium: Armin Laschet gründet „Expertenrat Corona“ Die Welt.
- ^ Margret Suckale übernimmt Vorsitz des Ethikkomitees von Freshfields in Deutschland Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Germany, press release of 4 April 2024.
- ^ Board of Trustees Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation.
- ^ Council German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
- ^ Board of Trustees Deutsche Telekom Stiftung.
- ^ Advisory Board Vodafone Germany Foundation.
- ^ Board of Trustees Foundation for Family Businesses.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Reference Centre (DRZE).
- ^ CV Di Fabio Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
External links
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Academic staff of the University of Bonn
- Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court
- Academic staff of the University of Münster
- German scholars of constitutional law
- Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 20th-century German judges
- 21st-century German judges
- University of Duisburg-Essen alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Duisburg-Essen