Holger Wöckel elected as new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court

The Federal Council has elected the lawyer Holger Wöckel as the new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court. The 47-year-old has been a judge at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig since February 2021. He was born in 1976 in what is now Chemnitz, which was then still called Karl-Marx-Stadt. Wöckel replaces Sibylle Kessal-Wulf, who is retiring from office after twelve years. He was a member of the 7th and 10th Revision Senate of the Federal Administrative Court, which are responsible in particular for environmental protection law and freedom of information law.

The Basic Law stipulates that half of the members of the Federal Constitutional Court are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat. The term of office is twelve years and re-election is not possible. Kessal-Wulf will now receive the certificate of dismissal from Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, while Wöckel will receive the certificate of appointment from him.