Georg Kodek succeeds Elisabeth Lovrek, who will retire in January. Kodek must now be formally appointed by the federal president as the new president of the Supreme Court
Lawyer Georg Kodek (60), an expert in the field of civil law, will in the future hold the position of President of the Supreme Court (OGH). Kodek currently holds the position of Senate President at the OGH and will replace Elisabeth Lovrek, who is retiring in January. The Staff Senate has recommended Kodek as the preferred choice for this position, and Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens) supports this recommendation. Kodek must now be formally appointed by the Federal President.
In 2006, Kodek was appointed court councilor at the OGH. Previously, he held various positions as a judge, from the Inner City District Court to the Regional Court of Eisenstadt and the Higher Regional Court of Vienna. At the same time he was involved in academic education. His habilitation took place in 2001 at the University of Vienna in the field of civil procedural law. Since 2007, he has been a university professor of civil and commercial law at the University of Economics and Business (WU), where he is head of the private law department.
New order mode
For the first time, a new appointment procedure was used for the top of the OGH. Previously, the Department of Justice could directly appoint the president and vice president of the OGH. A staff senate was now introduced, which, in addition to the elected members of the OGH staff senate and the OGH external senate, also included the longest-serving president of a higher regional court. Zadic could have deviated from the Senate rankings, but such a change would have to be justified and documented in writing.
The new vice president of the OGH will be Jürgen Rassi, currently a councilor at the OGH. He succeeds Matthias Neumayr, who has also retired. The new appointment procedure was also used for the position of vice-president.
Source: Krone
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