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Jan Passer

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Jan Passer
Judge of the European Court of Justice
Assumed office
16 September 2016
Personal details
Born
Jan M. Passer[1]

1974 (age 49–50)
Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jan M. Passer' (born in 1974) is a Czech jurist. He has been a Judge at the European Court of Justice since 2016.

Biography

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Passer was born in Prague in 1974.[2]

He studied law at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in 1997, at the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University (LL.M. in 2000). He has a Doctor of Laws in 2007.[2]

In 2001, he worked as a judge of the District Court for Prague 2.[1] From 2004, he was a trainee judge and from 2005, a regular judge of the Supreme Administrative Court, where for a certain period, he worked, among other things, as the chairman of the electoral senate.[1]

In February 2016, he was selected as a candidate for the position of judge of the Tribunal of the Court of Justice of the European Union; he became a member of the Tribunal as the second Czech judge after Irena Pelikánová on September 19 of the same year.[3]

He was appointed to the European Court of Justice from 6 October 2020 to 6 October 2024 where he replaced Jiří Malenovský.[4][5] Passer was reappointed for a full six-year term from 7 October 2024 to 6 October 2030 in November 2023.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Nejvyšší správní soud | JUDr. Jan M. Passer, Ph.D., LL.M. (* 1974)". 2020-11-23. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ a b "Presentation of the Members - Court of Justice of the European Union". CURIA. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  3. ^ "Rozmanitost právních kultur je obohacující, říká český soudce v EU". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  4. ^ "Jan Passer nastoupil u Soudního dvora EU" (in Czech). Česká justice. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  5. ^ "Na slavnostním zasedání Soudního dvora" (in Czech). Deník N. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  6. ^ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/11/08/eu-court-of-justice-two-judges-and-an-advocate-general-reappointed/