Former Members, Associate Members and Observers | Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Court of the European Union

Presidents of the Network

Mr Guy Canivet (France) (10 March 2004 - 12 June 2006)
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (UK) (12 June 2006 - 30 June 2008)
Mr Torben Melchior (Denmark) (30 June 2008 - 19 March 2010)
The Hon. Dr. Irmgard Griss (Austria) (19 March 2010 - 13 October 2011)
Dr. András Baka (Hungary) (13 October 2011 - 31 December 2011)
Mr Geert Corstens (Netherlands) (1 January 2012 - 31 December 2014)
Ms Susan Denham (Ireland) (1 January 2014 - 31 December 2016)
Mr Priit Pikamäe (Estonia) (1 January 2017 - 31 December 2018)
Mr Jean-Claude Wiwinius (Luxembourg) (1 January 2019 - 25 May 2021)
Ms Bettina Limperg (Germany) (26 April 2021-12 November 2023)
Mr Anders Eka (Sweden) (13 November 2023 -

(*) Founding Member

Members

AUSTRIA

Dr. Johann Rzeszut (*) (1 January 2003 – 31 December 2006)
Dr. Irmgard Griss (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2011)
Dr. Eckart Ratz (1 January 2012 – 30 June 2018)
Dr. Elisabeth Lovrek (1 July 2018 – 31 December 2023)
Mr Georg Kodek (1 January 2024 –

BELGIUM

Mr Marc Lahousse (December 2003 – March 2007)
Mr Ghislain Londers (April 2007 – December 2011)
Mr Etienne Goethals (June 2012 – March 2014)
Mr Jean de Codt (April 2014 – 31 March 2019)
Ms Beatrijs Deconinck (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2024)
Mr Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie (19 April 2024 -

BULGARIA

Mr Ivan Grigorov (13 November 2000 – 20 November 2007)
Mr Lasar Gruev (21 November 2007 – 20 November 2014)
Mr Lozan Panov (10 February 2015 – 9 February 2022)
Ms Galina Zaharova (11 February 2022 –

CROATIA

Mr Branko Hrvatin (19 July 2005 – 19 July 2017)
Mr Đuro Sessa (20 July 2017 – 17 October 2021)
Mr Radovan Dobronić (18 October 2021 – 8 March 2025)

CYPRUS

Mr Christos Artemides (*)
Mr Petros Artemis (10 September 2008)
Mr Demetrios Hadjihambis (19 June 2013)
Mr Myron Michael Nicolatos (25 July 2014 - 17 June 2020)
Mr Stelios Nathanael (18 June 2020 - 9 November 2020)
Ms Persefoni Panayi (10 November 2020 - 15 July 2022)
Mr Antonis R. Liatsos (15 July 2022 - 1 July 2023)
Ms. Katerina Stamatiou (1 July 2023 -

CZECHIA

JUDr. Iva Brožová (20 March 2002 – 21 January 2015)
Prof. JUDr. Pavel Šámal, Ph.D. (22 January 2015 – 19 February 2020)
JUDr. Petr Angyalossy, Ph.D. (20 May 2020 –

DENMARK

Mr Jacques Hermann (1 January 2001 – 30 November 2004)
Mr Torben Melchior (1 December 2004 – 31 August 2010)
Mr Børge Dahl (1 September 2010 – 31 May 2014)
Mr Poul Søgaard (1 June 2014 – 31 January 2017)
Mr Thomas Rørdam (1 February 2017 – 31 October 2022)
Mr Jens Peter Christensen (1 November 2022 –

ESTONIA

Mr Uno Lõhmus (*) (9 November 1998 – 30 April 2004)
Mr Märt Rask (13 September 2004 – 12 September 2013)
Mr Priit Pikamäe (13 September 2013 – 3 February 2019)
Mr Villu Kõve (4 February 2019 –

FINLAND

Mr Leif Sevon (*) (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2005)
Ms Pauliine Koskelo (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2015)
Mr Timo Esko (1 January 2016 – 31 August 2019)
Mr Tatu Leppänen (1 September 2019 –

FRANCE

Mr Guy Canivet (*)
Mr Vincent Lamanda (30 May 2007 - 30 June 2014)
Mr Bertrand Louvel (16 July 2014 - 6 July 2019)
Ms Chantal Arens (22 July 2019 - 18 July 2022)
Mr Christophe Soulard (18 July 2022 -

GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Günter Hirsch (*) (15 July 2000 – 31 January 2008)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Tolksdorf (1 February 2008 – 31 January 2014)
Ms Bettina Limperg (1 July 2014 -

GREECE

Mr Georgios Kapos (18 July 2002 - 30 June 2005)
Mr Romilos Kedikoglou (13 July 2005 - 30 June 2007)
Mr Vasileios Nikopoulos (24 July 2007 - 30 June 2009)
Mr Georgios Kalamidas (30 July 2009 - 30 June 2011)
Ms Rena Asimakopoulou (8 July 2011 - 30 June 2013)
Mr Michail Theocharidis (8 August 2013 - 30 June 2014)
Mr Athanasios Koutromanos (12 August 2014 - 30 June 2015)
Ms Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou (1 July 2015 - 30 June 2017)
Mr Vasileios Peppas (18 September 2017 - 30 June 2019)
Mr Iosif Tsalaganidis (4 September 2019 - 30 June 2020)
Ms Angeliki Aleiferopoulou (1 July 2020 - 1 July 2021)
Ms Maria Georgiou (2 July 2021 - 28 July 2023)
Ms Ioanna Klapa-Christodoulea (28 July 2023 -

HUNGARY

Dr Zoltan Lomnici (*)
Dr András Baka (22 June 2009 - 31 December 2011)
Mr Péter Darák (1 January 2012 - 31 December 2020)
Dr András Zs. Varga (1 January 2021 -

IRELAND

Mr Ronan Keane (*)
Mr John L. Murray (2004 - 2011)
Ms Susan Denham (25 July 2011 - 27 July 2017)
Mr Frank Clarke (28 July 2017 - 10 October 2021)
Mr Donal O’Donnell (11 October 2021 -

ITALY

Mr Nicola Marvulli (24 August 2001 – 29 October 2006)
Mr Vincenzo Carbone (24 July 2007 – 12 July 2010)
Mr Ernesto Lupo (13 July 2010 – 12 May 2013)
Mr Giorgio Santacroce (20 May 2013 – 30 December 2015)
Dott. Giovanni Canzio (7 January 2016 – 31 December 2017)
Mr Giovanni Mammone (4 January 2018 – 16 July 2020)
Mr Pietro Curzio (20 July 2020 – 5 March 2023 )
Ms Margherita Cassano (6 March 2023 –

LATVIA

Mr Gunars Aigars (*)
Mr Andris Gulans
Mr Ivars Bičkovičs (2008 - 15 June 2020)
Mr Aigars Strupišs (16 June 2020 -

LITHUANIA

Mr Vytautas Greicius (*)
Mr Gintaras Kryzevicius (5 November 2009)
Dr Rimvydas Norkus (22 December 2014 - 31 December 2019)
Acting President Ms Sigita Rudėnaitė ( 2020 - 14 November 2022)
Acting President Ms Gabrielė Juodkaitė-Granskienė (14 November 2022 - 27 March 2023)
Ms Danguolė Bublienė (27 March 2023 -

LUXEMBOURG

Mr Marc Thill (*)
Mr Marc Schlungs (1 April 2007)
Ms Marie-Paule Engel (1 October 2008)
Mr Georges Santer (1 May 2012)
Mr Jean-Claude Wiwinius (2 August 2016 - 2 July 2021)
Mr Roger Linden (3 July 2021 - 2 October 2023)
Mr Thierry Hoscheit (1 October 2023 -

MALTA

Mr Vincent A. De Gaetano (26 August 2002)
Mr Silvio Camilleri (9 September 2010 - 25 April 2018)
Mr Joseph Azzopardi (26 April 2018 - 07 April 2020)
Mr Mark Chetcuti (08 April 2020 -

NETHERLANDS

Mr Pim Haak (*)
Mr W. J. M. Davids
Mr Geert Corstens (2008)
Mr Maarten Feteris (1 November 2014 - 14 October 2020)
Ms Dineke de Groot (1 November 2020 -

POLAND

Prof. Dr. hab. Lech Gardocki (*)
Mr Stanisław Zbigniew Dąbrowski (19 October 2010)
Pr. Malgorzata Gersdorf (30 April 2014 - 3 April 2020)
Ms Malgorzata Manowska (26 May 2020 -

PORTUGAL

Mr Alberto Aragao Seia (*)
Mr José Moura Nunès da Cruz (2005)
Mr Luís António Noronha Nascimento (28 September 2006)
Mr António Silva Henriques Gaspar (4 July 2013 - 4 October 2018)
Mr António Joaquim Piçarra (4 October 2018 - 7 June 2021)
Mr Henrique Luís de Brito de Araújo ( 7 June 2021 - 4 June 2024)
Mr João Cura Mariano ( 4 June 2024 -

ROMANIA

Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae Popa
Ms Livia Doina Stanciu (16 September 2010 - 13 September 2016)
Ms Cristina Iulia Tarcea (14 September 2016 - 14 September 2019)
Ms Corina Alina Corbu (15 September 2019 -

SLOVAKIA

JUDr. Milan Karabin (*)
Mr Štefan Harabin (2009)
Ms Daniela Švecová (16 September 2014 - October 2019)
Mr Ján Šikuta (20 May 2020 -

SLOVENIA

Mr Franc Testen (27 February 2004 – 27 February 2010)
Mr Branko Masleša (23 November 2010 – 23 November 2016)
Mr Damijan Florjančič (14 February 2017 – 14 February 2023)
Mr Miodrag Đorđević (15 February 2023 –

SPAIN

Mr D. Francisco José Hernando Santiago (*)
Mr Carlos Divar Blanco (September 2008 - June 2012)
Mr Gonzalo Moliner (July 2012 - December2013)
Mr Carlos Lesmes Serrano (9 December 2013 - 12 October 2022 )
Acting President Mr Francisco Marín Castán (12 October 2022 - 4 September 2024)
Ms Isabel Perelló Doménech (4 September 2024 -

SWEDEN