Jutta Limbach

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Jutta Limbach
7th President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
June 30, 1994  April 10, 2002
Preceded by Roman Herzog
Succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Papier
Vicepresident of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
In office
March 24, 1994  September 14, 1994
Preceded by Ernst Mahrenholz
Succeeded by Johann Friedrich Henschel
Senator for Justice of Berlin
In office
1989–1994
Preceded by Rupert Scholz
Succeeded by Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit
Personal details
Born (1934-03-27) March 27, 1934
Berlin, Germany
Nationality Germany
Alma mater Free University of Berlin

Jutta Limbach (born March 27, 1934 in Berlin) is a German jurist and politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She received her doctorate in law in 1966 by the Free University of Berlin and fulfilled the requirements to be appointed professor by the German educational system in 1971. In 1972, she was appointed professor of private law at the Free University. From 1987 to 1989, she was member of an academic advisory council at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Under Walter Momper as mayor, Limbach was the senator for Justice in Berlin from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, she was then appointed to the position of vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, the same year she became president, succeeding Roman Herzog. She was the first female president of the court and served in this role until she reached the age limit of 68 in 2002.[1] She then became president of the German non-profit organization Goethe-Institut. In 2004, she was repeatedly named as a possible candidate to succeed Johannes Rau as President of Germany in that year's election.[2] Limbach is a member of the committee of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. In 2005, she was awarded the Louise-Schroeder-Medal.

References

  1. "A German voice in Egypt". Al-Ahram Weekly. 26 January - 1 February 2006. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  2. "Gender agenda (in European Press Review)". BBC News. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
Educational offices
Preceded by
Hilmar Hoffmann
President of the Goethe-Institut
2001–2008
Succeeded by
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann


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