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Dr. Josef Christ

Portrait of Dr. Josef Christ

Justice of the First Senate

Born in Langenargen (Lake Constance District) in 1956

Married, two children

1977-1981Studied administrative sciences (Diplom-Verwaltungswirt) at Hochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung (Kehl)
1982-1986Studied law at Ruprecht Karl University (Heidelberg)
1986First State Examination in Law
1989Dr. iur., Ruprecht Karl University (Heidelberg);
Doctoral thesis:Raumordnungsziele und Zulässigkeit privater Vorhaben – Bindungswirkung nach der Raumordnungsklausel des § 35 Abs. 3 Satz 3 BauGB(“Regional planning objectives and permissibility of private projects – Binding effect pursuant to the provision on regional planning under § 35(3) third sentence of the Federal Building Code”); supervisor: Professor Dr. Schmidt-Aßmann
1990Second State Examination in Law
1990-1993Judge at the Karlsruhe Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht)
1993-1995Seconded to the Federal Chancellery in Bonn
1996-1999Seconded to the Federal Constitutional Court as a judicial clerk (Cabinet of Federal Constitutional Court Justice Prof. Dr. Evelyn Haas)
1999-2000Seconded to the Baden-Württemberg Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) in Mannheim
2001-2007Judge at the Baden-Württemberg Higher Administrative Court in Mannheim
2001-2002Seconded to the Federal Constitutional Court as a judicial clerk (Cabinet of Federal Constitutional Court Justice Prof. Dr. Evelyn Haas)
2007-2008Seconded to the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
2008-2014Judge of the Ninth Division deciding on appeals on points of law (9. Revisionssenat) of the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht), with jurisdiction over the law of public streets and roads, land development law, the law of municipal charges and land consolidation law
2014-2017Vice-President of the Federal Administrative Court and presiding judge of the Eighth Division deciding on appeals on points of law (8. Revisionssenat), with jurisdiction over the law concerning the settlement of property issues, economic administrative law and financial services law
since December 2017Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court