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The Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin (Шаблон:Lang-de; abbreviated Шаблон:Abbr) is the state constitutional court of Berlin. It has its seat at the Kammergericht building in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. Since November 2019, Шаблон:Ill is the president of the court.

Jurisdiction

The jurisdiction and duties of the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin are regulated in Article 84 of the Шаблон:Ill, as well as in the Шаблон:Lang.Шаблон:Sfn The court is mainly responsible for deciding the following types of claims:

History

Institutional history

The Шаблон:Ill of 1 September 1950 contained in its Article 72 a mandate to establish a state constitutional court for Berlin. However, due to the special political and legal position of Berlin before the German reunification, such a court was not established and the mandate for the constitution of the court was abolished in 1974.Шаблон:Sfn Therefore, no state constitutional court existed in Berlin until 1992.Шаблон:Sfn

To rectify this situation, the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin passed a law on the establishment of a Berlin constitutional court in 1990, which entered into force on 2 December 1990.Шаблон:Sfn But even before the first election of judges for the newly established court, scheduled for 21 February 1991, the law had to be amended.Шаблон:Sfn The main reason for this were the rules on the compensation of the court's judges which were deemed to be unreasonably generous.Шаблон:Sfn

On 26 March 1992, the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin finally elected the first nine judges of the court and on 21 May 1992 the newly established court rendered its first decision.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Ill was elected to serve as the court's first president and Шаблон:Ill was chosen as its first vice-president.Шаблон:Sfn

From 2007 to 2012, a woman headed the court for the first time – Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn

Major decisions

The decision of 12 January 1993 (VerfGH 55/92),Шаблон:Efn that the prosecution of Erich Honecker, the former Chairman of the State Council of East Germany, was incompatible with human dignity as enshrined in Article 1 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany due to his state of health, caused considerable controversy.Шаблон:Sfn

On 16 November 2022 (VerfGH 154/21),Шаблон:Efn the court declared the 2021 Berlin state election void and ordered a repeat election within 90 days due to "serious systematic deficiencies in the preparation" of the 2021 election.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The repeat election will happen on the last possible Sunday within this 90 days-period, thus on 12 February 2023.Шаблон:Sfn The annulment of the election was the first court-ordered voidance of a German state election since the 1991 Hamburg state election.Шаблон:Sfn

Composition and judges

Composition and election

The Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin is composed of nine judges including its president and vice-president (Article 84(1) Шаблон:Ill).Шаблон:Sfn Three of the nine judges must be professional judges (Шаблон:Lang) and three others must be qualified to hold judicial office (Шаблон:Ill).Шаблон:Sfn All judges are elected by the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin with a two-thirds majority (Article 84(1) Шаблон:Lang) for a seven-year term without the possibility of re-election.Шаблон:Sfn

Only persons who have reached the age of 35 and are eligible for election to the Bundestag may serve as judges of the court. Men and women must each make up at least three of the Constitutional Court judges. All judges serve in an honorary capacity and only receive a small reimbursement.Шаблон:Sfn

Presidents

President Tenure

(as justice)

Tenure

(as president)

Tenure length

(as president)

Proposal Шаблон:Abbr
1 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

March 2000
Шаблон:Dts

March 2000
8 years CDU Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
2 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

April 2007
Шаблон:Dts

April 2007
7 years, 1 month CDU Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
3 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

March 2012
Шаблон:Dts

March 2012
4 years, 11 month SPD Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
4 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

31 October 2019
Шаблон:Dts

31 October 2019
Шаблон:Ayd SPD Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
5 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

Incumbent
Шаблон:Dts

Incumbent
Incumbent SPD Шаблон:Sfn

Vice-Presidents

Vice-President Tenure

(as justice)

Tenure

(as vice-president)

Tenure length

(as vice-president)

Proposal Шаблон:Abbr
1 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

March 1997
Шаблон:Dts

March 1997
5 years SPD Шаблон:Sfn
2 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

June 2004
Шаблон:Dts

June 2004
7 years, 1 month SPD Шаблон:Sfn
3 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

March 2012
Шаблон:Dts

April 2007
2 years, 10 month SPD Шаблон:Sfn
4 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

July 2014
Шаблон:Dts

July 2014
7 years, 3 month CDU Шаблон:Sfn
5 Шаблон:Ill Шаблон:Dts

Incumbent
Шаблон:Dts

Incumbent
Incumbent CDU Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Notes

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References

Шаблон:Reflist

Bibliography

Шаблон:Refbegin

Шаблон:Refend

Further reading

External links

Шаблон:Authority control