Stephan Harbarth | |
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 Harbarth in 2017 | |
| President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2020 | |
| Vice-President | |
| Nominated by | CDU/CSU |
| Appointed by | Bundesrat |
| Preceded by | Andreas Voßkuhle |
| Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany | |
| In office 30 November 2018 – 22 June 2020 | |
| President | |
| Nominated by | CDU/CSU |
| Appointed by | Bundestag |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Kirchhof |
| Succeeded by | Doris König |
| Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany for the First Senate | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2018 | |
| Nominated by | CDU/CSU |
| Appointed by | Bundesrat |
| Preceded by | Ferdinand Kirchhof |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rhein-Neckar | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 30 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Bernd Schmidbauer |
| Succeeded by | Nina Warken |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1971 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (1993–) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
Stephan Harbarth (born 19 December 1971 in Heidelberg) is the president of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht), former German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). From 2009 until 2018 he served as member of the Bundestag. On 22 November 2018 he was elected to the Federal Constitutional Court by the Bundestag. He succeeded Ferdinand Kirchhof and serves in the court's first senate. On 23 November 2018, one day after his election to the court, he was elected vice president of the Federal Constitutional Court by the Bundesrat. In this capacity, he is chairman of the first senate.[1]