Joseph H. H. Weiler

Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler (born 2 September 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a University Professor, European Union Jean Monnet Chair at New York University Law School. He was President of the European University Institute in Florence from 2013 until 2016. He holds a diploma from the Hague Academy of International Law, Weiler is the author of works relating to the sui generis character of the European Union. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. On 7 December 2012 the European University Institute's High Council approved his selection as the European University Institute's new President. He started his term on 1 September 2013 and served through 31 August 2016. He is Senior Fellow of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard.

He holds degrees from Sussex (B.A.); Cambridge (LL.B. and LL.M.) and The Hague Academy of International Law (Diploma of International Law); he earned his Ph.D. in European Law at the EUI, Florence. He is recipient of Doctorates Honoris Causa from London University, Sussex University, the University of Macerata, the University of Navarra, the University of Ljubljana, University of Edinburgh, CEU San Pablo University - Madrid, Humboldt University of Berlin, Roma Tre University,Democritus University of Thrace - Greece, University of Bucharest, the Catholic University of America and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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