Lothar Gellert
{{Short description|German lawyer, university lecturer (born in 1957)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. (UA) Lothar Gellert
| image =
| office = President of the Lazarus Union
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2022
| predecessor = Wolfgang Steinhardt
| successor = Oliver Gruber-Lavin
| signature = Lothar Gellert signature.jpg
| alma_mater = University of Göttingen
| profession = lawyer, university lecturer
}}
Lothar Gellert (September 15, 1957 in Göttingen) is a German lawyer and university lecturer.{{Cite web|title=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek|url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac/opacPresentation?cqlMode=true&reset=true&referrerPosition=0&referrerResultId=%221102180513%22&any&query=idn=1102180513|access-date=2021-12-29|website=portal.dnb.de|language=de}}
Life
He studied law at the University of Göttingen.{{Cite news|title=The Confraternity Herald. Newsletter 57. February 2017}}
From 1991 to 2011, he worked at the Federal Ministry of Finance in various positions and departments. During this period he was also seconded as a national expert to the European Commission's Directorates-General OLAF (2005 to 2007) and TAXUD (2009 to 2011).{{Cite book|url=https://www.facultas.at/item/Zollkodex_der_Europaeischen_Union_UZK/Britta_Matschuk/Andrea_Reuter/Thomas_Traub/Dirk_Stoppel/50500789|title=Zollkodex der Europäischen Union (UZK) von Britta Matschuk, Andrea Reuter, Thomas Traub, Dirk Stoppel - 978-3-88784-443-1|isbn=978-3-88784-443-1|language=de}}
Since 2011 he has been working at the Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Vervaltung in Münster.{{Cite web|title=Prof. Dr. Lothar Gellert|url=https://www.hsbund.de/SharedDocs/Kontaktdaten/4_Dozenten/Dozenten_FIN/Gellert.html|website=Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Vervaltung}} He is the author of a number of scholarly works and publications.{{Cite web|title=Gellert, Lothar|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-162931166/|website=WorldCat Identities}}
Since 2016, he has also worked in Ukraine. He became a customs policy adviser to the Head of State Fiscal Service, Roman Nasirov.{{Cite web|title=Lothar Gellert Professor from Germany became an adviser to the Head of SFS|url=http://sfs.gov.ua/en/mass-media/news/print-226347.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=sfs.gov.ua}}
The University of Customs and Finance in Dnipro awarded him an honorary doctorate.{{Cite web|last=International Relations Department|first=University of Customs and Finance|title=Professor Dr Lothar Gellert has visited the University of Customs and Finance|url=https://www.facebook.com/836356103100257/posts/professor-dr-lothar-gellerthas-visited-the-university-of-customs-and-financeprof/964646430271223/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Facebook|language=en}}
He has been president of Lazarus Union from 2019 to 2022.{{Cite web|title=Page of the General Plenipotentiary – LAZARUS UNION|url=https://www.lazarus-union.org/wer-sind-wir/seite-des-generalbevollmaechtigten/?lang=en|access-date=2021-12-29|language=en-US}} He is also a member of several Knightly Orders and the Order of the Knights of Rizal.{{Cite web|title=Ritter heute: Faszination des Edlen|url=https://www.muensterschezeitung.de/lokales/staedte/steinfurt/ritter-heute-faszination-des-edlen-1543786|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.muensterschezeitung.de|language=de}}{{Cite web|title=20 Mitglieder entscheiden selbst|url=https://www.wn.de/muensterland/kreis-steinfurt/tecklenburg/20-mitglieder-entscheiden-selbst-1246225|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.wn.de|language=de}}{{Cite web|title=Therapie-Rad schafft ein Stück Freiheit|url=https://www.wn.de/muensterland/kreis-steinfurt/lengerich/therapie-rad-schafft-ein-stuck-freiheit-895262|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.wn.de|language=de}}