Prof Dr hc Rudolf Mellinghoff

Prof Dr hc Rudolf Mellinghoff (Honorary Professor and retired Chief Justice) started his judicial career 1987 as Judge at the Finance Court of Duesseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia), served from 1992 to 1996 as Judge in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Judge and since 1996 Presiding Judge at the Finance Court of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; simultaneous: Judge at the Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania). 1997 he was appointed as Judge at the Federal Supreme Finance Court of Germany. From 2001 to October 2011 he was Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Second Senate). From November 2011 to July 2020 he was President of the Federal Supreme Finance Court of Germany. He was in several legal and tax associations in leading roles, e.g. President of the German Tax Jurist Society, President of the German Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Member of the Permanent Scientific Committee of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). He is Member of the Judicial Integrity Group (JIG).