Vassilios Skouris
| Vassilios Skouris | |
|---|---|
| President of the European Court of Justice | |
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In office 7 October 2003 – 6 October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias |
| Succeeded by | Koen Lenaerts |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 30 August 1996 – 25 September 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Costas Simitis |
| Preceded by | Akis Tsochatzopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Alekos Papadopoulos |
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In office 12 October 1989 – 23 November 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Yannis Grivas |
| Preceded by | Nikos Konstantopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Theodoros Katrivanos |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 March 1948 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Alma mater |
Free University of Berlin University of Hamburg |
Vassilios Skouris (Greek: Βασίλειος Σκουρής) (born 6 March 1948) is a Greek judge who was President of the European Court of Justice from 2003 to 2015. A European legal scholar, he served briefly in the government of Greece as Minister of the Interior in 1989 and again in 1996. He is professor at the Law School of the Aristotle University and at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.
Skouris was born on 6 March 1948 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
He graduated with a degree in law from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1970, and was subsequently awarded doctorate in constitutional and administrative law at the Universität Hamburg in 1973.
Following the dissolution of the Greek parliament in the 1989, Skouris served as the Minister of the Interior briefly during the caretaker government. He served another short stint in 1996.
Skouris was the President of the Greek Association for European Law between 1992–1994, Director of the Centre for International and European Economic Law in 1997, and President of the Greek Economic and Social Council in 1998. He has also served as a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1997–1999, Administrative Board of the Greek National Judges' College between 1995–1996, Greek National Research Committee between 1993–1995, Higher Selection Board for Greek Civil Servants between 1994–1996, and the Academic Council of the Academy of European Law in 1995.
On 8 June 1999, the member states of the European Union agreed to the appointment of Skouris to the Court of Justice of the European Communities, or European Court of Justice. Following his first term, the justices of the court elected him as their President on 7 October 2003, and again on 9 October 2009.Koen Lenaerts, who had been Vice-President since 2012, succeeded him as President on 8 October 2015.
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