Garbiele Britz (born 1 October 1968) is a German

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who served as a justice of the

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and is a

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for

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and

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at the

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Judicial career

On 17 December 2010 she was elected by the Bundesrat on the proposal of the SPD to succeed Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, who retired from the first Senate in January 2011, as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. She took up the post on 2 February 2011 and retired 2023.

Personsl life

Britz is married to Frankfurt local politician Bastian Bergerhoff (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). They have a son together.

References

1968 births Living people German jurists Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court German women judges {{Germany-law-bio-stub