Vassilios Skouris

Vasilios Skouris or Vasilis Skouris (Greek Βασίλειος Σκουρής, Βασίλης Σκουρής, born March 6, 1948 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek jurist and since 2003 President of the European Court of Justice.

Skouris studied from 1965 to 1970 on a scholarship from the DAAD law at the Free University of Berlin, where he took his State Law Exam. In 1973 he completed his doctorate in constitutional and administrative law at the University of Hamburg. He was from 1972 to 1977 Lecturer, 1977 to 1979, he was Associate Professor of Administrative Law at the Dimokritos University of Thrace, 1979-1983 Professor of Public Law at Bielefeld University and from 1982 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In the years 1989 and 1996, respectively Skouris was for a few months in transitional governments Interior Minister of Greece to secure the independence of the parliamentary elections. 1997-2005 Director of the Centre for International Economic Law and European Law in Thessaloniki; President of the Greek Association for European Law (1992-1994); Member of the Greek National Research Committee (1993-1995); Member of the Supreme Committee for the selection of Greek Civil Servants (1994-1996); Board of Trustees member of the European Academy of Law (since 1995); Member of the Management Board of the Greek Judicial Academy (1995-1996); Member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997-1999) and Chairman of the Greek Economic and Social Council (1998); Honorary doctorate ( Dr. iur. Hc ) of the University of Vilnius ( 2005), the Administrative Sciences Speyer ( 2005), the Law Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster ( 2007) and the Law Faculty of the Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg ( 2010).

Skouris since the June 8, 1999 Judge and since October 7, 2003, President of the European Court.