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Constitutional Court

  • German: Verfassungsgerichtshof

Governs Austria

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Who sits on it

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  • President of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Christoph Grabenwarter as President of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Vice-President of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Verena Madner as Vice-President of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Andreas Hauer as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Angela Julcher as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Christoph Herbst as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Georg Lienbacher as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Ingrid Siess-Scherz as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Johannes Schnizer as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Markus Achatz as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Michael Holoubek as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Michael Mayrhofer as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Michael Rami as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Sieglinde Gahleitner as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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  • Stefan Perner as Member of the Constitutional Court vfgh.gv.at · checked
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What it can do

  • Constitutional review

    Rules on the constitutionality of laws and the legality of ordinances (Arts. 139-140 B-VG), election disputes (Art. 141), disputes between authorities (Art. 138) and fundamental-rights complaints (Art. 144).

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  • vfgh.gv.at · checked Verfassungsgerichtshof, Mitglieder, read 2026-10-12: President, Vice-President and 12 members (current). For: Constitutional Court, Constitutional Court in German, President of the Constitutional Court, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court, Member of the Constitutional Court and 14 more
  • jusline.at · checked Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (B-VG) as consolidated, text read via jusline.at (RIS blocked automated access), 2026-10-12: Arts. 10, 15, 26, 27, 34, 60, 70, 101 (structure, selection and competences). Arts. 24, 29, 41-42, 44, 65, 69, 74, 80, 86, 95, 102, 137-148, 147 cited from the same law without a separate read. For: Constitutional Court, Constitutional Court in German, Constitutional review, President of the Constitutional Court, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court and 15 more

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