List of vice presidents of the Constitutional Court (Austria)

This is a list of vice presidents of the Constitutional Court (German: Vizepräsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs) of Austria.^{[1] [2]} The vice president of the Constitutional Court is the principal deputy to the president. He becomes the acting head of the court if the president resigns, dies or is dismissed.

Vice President of the Constitutional Court
Vizepräsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs
Coat of Arms
Logo of the Court
Incumbent Verena Madner since 24 April 2020
Austrian Constitutional Court
Style	Ms. Vice President (when addressed in court)
Status	Deputy head and presiding judge of a court
Member of	Constitutional Court
Seat	Innere Stadt, Vienna
Appointer	The Government sworn in by the President
Term length	Up to the age of 70
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Austria
First holder	Adolf Menzel
Website	vfgh.gv.at

List of officeholders

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
	Adolf Menzel	1919	1930
Constitutional Court disbanded from 1934 to 1945
	Ludwig Adamovich senior	1945	1946
	Gustav Zigeuner	1946	1956
	Karl Wolff	1958	1960
	Walter Antoniolli	1957	1958
	Anton Mahnig	1961	1969
	Leopold Werner	1969	1975
	Kurt Ringhofer	1976	1993
	Karl Piska	1993	1998
	Karl Korinek	1 January 1999	31 December 2002
	Brigitte Bierlein	1 January 2003	22 February 2018
	Christoph Grabenwarter	23 February 2018	19 February 2020
	Verena Madner	24 April 2020	Present

See also

• Judiciary of Austria
• History of Austria
• Politics of Austria
• Supreme Court of Justice (Austria)

External links

• Members of the Constitutional Court

References

1. "Der Österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof – Ehemalige Mitglieder". www.vfgh.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
2. "Members of the Constitutional Court - Der Österreichische Verfassungsgerichtshof". www.vfgh.gv.at. Retrieved 2020-06-21.