Press and Information Division
PRESS RELEASE No 86/03
7 October 2003
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MR VASSILIOS SKOURIS HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Under Article 7 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice:
"the Judges shall, immediately after the partial replacement provided for in Article 223
of the EC Treaty, and Article 139 of the EAEC Treaty, elect one
of their number as President of the Court for a term of three
years".
Mr Vassilios Skouris
Born in 1948; graduated in law from the Free University, Berlin (1970); awarded
doctorate in constitutional and administrative law at Hamburg University (1973); Assistant Professor at
Hamburg University (1972-77); Professor of Public Law at Bielefeld University (1978); Professor of
Public Law at the University of Thessaloniki (1982); Minister of Internal Affairs (1989
and 1996); Member of the Administrative Board of the University of Crete (1983-87);
Director of the Centre for International and European Economic Law, Thessaloniki (from 1997);
President of the Greek Association for European Law (1992-94); Member of the Greek
National Research Committee (1993-95); Member of the Higher Selection Board for Greek Civil
Servants (1994-96); Member of the Academic Council of the Academy of European Law,
Trier (from 1995); Member of the Administrative Board of the Greek National Judges'
College (1995-96); Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1997-99); President of the Greek Economic and Social Council in 1998; Judge at
the Court of Justice since 8 June 1999.
1 Cf. press release No 85/03 of 7 October 2003.
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