National
Judge of the Constitutional Court
- Dutch: Rechter bij het Grondwettelijk Hof
- French: Juge à la Cour constitutionnelle
- German: Richter am Verfassungsgerichtshof
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of the Belgians
- Exact method
- Appointed for life by the King from a list of two candidates submitted alternately by the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate, by two-thirds majority; six Dutch-speaking and six French-speaking judges; retirement at 70 (Special Act of 6 January 1989). Court established by Constitution Art. 142.
- Chosen by
- King of the Belgians
- Seats
- 12
Sources
- const-court.be · checked Constitutional Court of Belgium, official site, and Wikipedia (Constitutional Court of Belgium) read 2026-10-12: 12 judges, 6+6 by language group, appointed for life by the King from lists alternately by Chamber and Senate. Fallback: Wikipedia for the composition details because the Special Act text was not read. For: Judge of the Constitutional Court
- belgium.be · checked Official Dutch, French and German names of Belgian federal and regional bodies as used by their own institutions (Kamer/Chambre, Senaat/Sénat, regional parliaments); names from general knowledge of the official usage, not read page by page on 2026-10-12. official=false pending verification. For: Judge of the Constitutional Court in Dutch, Judge of the Constitutional Court in French, Judge of the Constitutional Court in German
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