National
Federal Constitutional Court
- German: Bundesverfassungsgericht
Based in Germany
Official website (bundesverfassungsgericht.de) Report a problem with this page
Source: gesetze-im-internet.de, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Federal Constitutional Court
Chosen by the German Bundestag and the Federal Council
Stephan Harbarth
since June 2020
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Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court
Chosen by the German Bundestag and the Federal Council
- Ann-Katrin Kaufhold since October 2025
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14 judges of the Federal Constitutional Court
Chosen by the German Bundestag and the Federal Council
- Astrid Wallrabenstein since June 2020
Christine Langenfeld
since July 2016
- Günter Spinner since October 2025
Heinrich Amadeus Wolff
since June 2022
- Henning Radtke since July 2018
- Holger Wöckel since December 2023
- Ines Härtel since July 2020
- Martin Eifert since February 2023
- Miriam Meßling since April 2023
- Peter Frank since December 2023
- Rhona Fetzer since January 2023
- Sigrid Emmenegger since October 2025
- Thomas Offenloch since January 2023
- Yvonne Ott since November 2016
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Stephan Harbarth as President of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court
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bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked - Ann-Katrin Kaufhold as Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court
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bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked - Astrid Wallrabenstein as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Christine Langenfeld as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Günter Spinner as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Heinrich Amadeus Wolff as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Henning Radtke as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Holger Wöckel as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Ines Härtel as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Martin Eifert as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Miriam Meßling as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Peter Frank as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Rhona Fetzer as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Sigrid Emmenegger as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Thomas Offenloch as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
- Yvonne Ott as Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked
What it can do
- Constitutional review
Decides on the compatibility of laws with the Basic Law, constitutional complaints, and disputes between federal organs and between the Federation and the states (Art. 93 and 100 Basic Law).
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Sources for what it can do
- Constitutional review gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
Sources
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law), current consolidated text, read 2026-10-12: structure, selection methods and competences of the federal bodies (Arts. 38-69, 50-53, 93-94); body names and websites from each body's own site. For: Federal Constitutional Court, Federal Constitutional Court in German, Constitutional review
- bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked indirect / selected_by: from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:de-national] Bundesverfassungsgericht, Richterinnen und Richter, read 2026-10-12: the 16 current judges and their); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: President of the Federal Constitutional Court
- bundesverfassungsgericht.de · checked Bundesverfassungsgericht, Richterinnen und Richter, read 2026-10-12: the 16 current judges and their senates. Roles and start dates Fallback: Wikipedia (de), Bundesverfassungsgericht, because the official page does not show them. For: President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, Stephan Harbarth as President of the Federal Constitutional Court, Ann-Katrin Kaufhold as Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court and 14 more
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked indirect / office_selector: elected alternately by the Bundestag and the Federal Council (Basic Law Art. 94(1)); review:schema-indirect-dissolved, ticket 2207 For: Vice-President of the Federal Constitutional Court
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked indirect / office_selector: elected half by the Bundestag and half by the Federal Council (Basic Law Art. 94(1)); review:schema-indirect-dissolved, ticket 2207 For: Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court
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