Prof. Dr. h.c. Rudolf Mellinghoff

- Born on 25 November 1954
- Married, two children

1975-80

Studies at the University of Münster

1981-June 1984

Post-graduate practical legal training in Baden-Württemberg

1984-87

Research assistant at the Institute of Law of Public Finance and Fiscal Law at the University of Heidelberg

1987

Judge at the Finance Court (Finanzgericht) of Düsseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Nov. 1987-July 1991

Research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court

July 1989

Appointed as tenured judge at the Düsseldorf Finance Court (temporary transfer to the Federal Constitutional Court continued until July 1991)

July 1991-June 1992

Head of department in the Ministry of Justice of the new Land (state) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at Schwerin (competent for establishing public-law jurisdiction; temporarily transferred by the Land North Rhine/Westphalia until November 1991, from then on, member of the judicial service of the Land Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

since July 1992

Judge at the Finance Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

July 1996

Appointed as presiding judge at the Finance Court

additionally
July 1992-Dec. 1996

As a second full-time office, judge at the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

additionally
November 1995- December 1996

Member of the Constitutional Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (resigned from this office when becoming a Federal civil servant)

1 January 1997- 23 January 2001

Judge at the Federal Finance Court (Bundesfinanzhof); member of the IX Senate

since 23 Jan. 2001

Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court (Second Senate)

2006

Dr. jur. honoris causa of Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

2007

Honorary professor at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen