Udo Di Fabio
{{Short description|German jurist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Udo-di-fabio-2012-roemerberggespraeche-ffm-122.jpg
| caption = Udo Di Fabio (2012) in Frankfurt am Main
| office = Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
| termstart = 16 December 1999
| termend = 19 December 2011
}}
Udo Di Fabio (born 26 March 1954, in Duisburg{{cite web | title=Der konservative Aufsteiger | website=Cicero Online | date=25 August 2005 | url=https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/der-konservative-aufsteiger/37032 | language=de | access-date=27 July 2021}}) is a German jurist. He is a former judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Germany's highest court, where he served as a member of the Second Senate from December 1999 until December 2011.
Biography
In 1970 Di Fabio began as a local government official in middle service in Dinslaken.{{cite web | title=Professor Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio – Institut für Öffentliches Recht – Abteilung Staatsrecht | website=Universität Bonn | url=https://www.jura.uni-bonn.de/lehrstuhl-prof-dr-dr-di-fabio/professor-dr-dr-udo-di-fabio/ | language=de | access-date=27 July 2021}} He completed his secondary school diploma and then studied law at the Ruhr University in Bochum as well as social sciences at the University of Duisburg (now University of Duisburg-Essen). After completing the two state examinations in law in 1982 and 1985, Di Fabio was a judge at the Duisburg Social Court. In 1986 he worked as a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (scientific assistant) at the Institute for Public Law at the University of Bonn. In 1987, he achieved there his dissertation {{lang|de|Rechtsschutz im parlamentarischen Untersuchungsverfahren}}, followed by a doctorate in the subject of social sciences in 1990. He completed his habilitation in 1993. Then he was appointed university professor for public law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, followed by a call to the University of Trier.{{cite web | title=Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio | website=Stiftung Familienunternehmen | date=15 September 2014 | url=https://www.familienunternehmen.de/de/die-stiftung-familienunternehmen/wissenschaftlicher-beirat/prof-dr-dr-udo-di-fabio | language=de | access-date=27 July 2021}} From 1997 to 2003 Di Fabio was a Professor of Public Law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, since 2003 he has been Professor for Public Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. From 1999 to 2011 he was Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In 2011, he was holder of the Mercator professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen.{{cite web | title=UDE: Mercator-Professor Udo Di Fabio | website=idw | url=https://idw-online.de/de/news446529 | language=de | access-date=27 July 2021}}
In April 2020, Di Fabio was appointed by Minister-President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia to a 12-member expert group to advise on economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.Kristian Frigelj (1 April 2020), [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article206936077/Zwoelfkoepfiges-Gremium-Armin-Laschet-gruendet-Expertenrat-Corona.html Zwölfköpfiges Gremium: Armin Laschet gründet „Expertenrat Corona“] Die Welt.
Other activities
=Corporate boards=
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Germany, Member of the Ethics Committee (2020–2024)[https://www.freshfields.de/news/2024/04/margret-suckale-uebernimmt-vorsitz-des-ethikkomitees-von-freshfields-in-deutschland/ Margret Suckale übernimmt Vorsitz des Ethikkomitees von Freshfields in Deutschland] Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Germany, press release of 4 April 2024.
=Non-profit organizations=
- Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.hayek-stiftung.de/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees] Friedrich August von Hayek Foundation.
- German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Member of the Council[https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/about-swp/foundation/organs-of-the-trust/ Council] German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
- Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.telekom-stiftung.de/de/personen/kuratorium Board of Trustees] Deutsche Telekom Stiftung.
- Vodafone Germany Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board[http://www.vodafone-stiftung.com/vodafone_advisory_council.html Advisory Board] Vodafone Germany Foundation.
- Foundation for Family Businesses, Member of Board of Trustees[https://www.familienunternehmen.de/en/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees] Foundation for Family Businesses.
- German Reference Centre (DRZE), Member of the Board of Trustees[http://www.drze.de/about-us/board-advisory-council?set_language=en Board of Trustees] German Reference Centre (DRZE).
Personal life
Di Fabio is married, has four children and lives in Bonn.[https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=1b2a9763-3004-c787-92c0-8aeb878fa18e&groupId=252038 CV Di Fabio] Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
References
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External links
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Category:Academic staff of the University of Bonn
Category:Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court
Category:Academic staff of the University of Münster
Category:German scholars of constitutional law
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Category:20th-century German judges
Category:21st-century German judges