Andrzej Rzepliński
| Andrzej Rzepliński | |
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| President of the Constitutional Tribunal | |
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In office December 3, 2010 – 19 December 2016 |
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| Nominated by | Bronisław Komorowski |
| Preceded by | Bohdan Zdziennicki |
| Succeeded by | Julia Przyłębska |
| Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland | |
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In office December 18, 2007 – 19 December 2016 |
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| Nominated by | Lech Kaczyński |
| Preceded by | Jerzy Ciemniewski |
| Succeeded by | Michał Warciński |
| Personal details | |
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Andrzej Rzepliński November 26, 1949 Ciechanów, Poland |
| Spouse(s) | Irena Rzeplińska (m. 1971) |
| Alma mater |
University of Warsaw (J.D.), (Habilitation) |
Andrzej Rzepliński (born November 26, 1949 in Ciechanów) is a Polish lawyer, Professor of Jurisprudence, human right expert, member of International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal from 2007 and its president from 2010 to 2016.
In December 2007 with recommendation of Civic Platform he was elected as a member of Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland and took the oath of office on December 19, 2007. In December 2010 he became president of the Tribunal. In December 2016 he was succeeded as a judge of the Tribunal by Michał Warciński and as a president of the Tribunal by Julia Przyłębska.
He was generally viewed as belonging to the liberal wing of the Tribunal. Before becoming a judge, Rzepliński spent a considerable portion of his legal career as a scholar, professor ordinarius at University of Warsaw and dean of Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization.
He received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1997), Commander's Cross of Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania, 2013), Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (Vatican, 2015), Kisiel Prize (2015) and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from University of Osnabrück (2016).
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