Rudolf Mellinghoff (born 25 November 1954) is a German
judge
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,
jurisprudent and
tax law
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expert who served as President of the
Federal Fiscal Court from 2011 to 2020. He was also a justice of the
Federal Constitutional Court
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serving in the court's second senate (2001–2011).
Career
Prior to his appointment to the Federal Constitutional Court, he served as judge at the Federal Fiscal Court from 1997 to 2001. He left the Federal Constitutional Court prematurely to return to the Federal Fiscal Court as its President.
In 2022, Mellinghoff was appointed to the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired by
Johannes Fechner and
Nina Warken.
Other activities
*
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Member of the Board of Trustees
*
International Fiscal Association (IFA), Member of the Permanent Scientific Committee (since 2017)
* Judicial Integrity Group, Member (since 2010)
Members: Rudolf Mellinghoff
Judicial Integrity Group.
Recognition
* 2006 – Honorary doctorate, University of Greifswald
The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...
* 2011 – Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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See also
* Federal Constitutional Court
The Federal Constitutional Court ( ; abbreviated: ) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law () of Germany. Since its inception with the beginning of the post-W ...
* Federal Fiscal Court
External links
Bundesverfassungsgericht -- Justice Mellinghoff's website
References
1954 births
Living people
20th-century German judges
Scholars of tax law
German legal scholars
Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court
Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
21st-century German judges
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