Irmgard Griss
Austrian jurist and politician
Irmgard Griss, also known as Irmgard Griss-Reiterer (born 13 October 1946), is an Austrian politician, lawyer and judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 2007 to 2011. She registered as an independent candidate at the 2016 presidential election and came in third position.
Education and career
Irmgard Griss graduated in 1965 from the trade academy in Graz, and obtained in 1970 the title of dr. juris at the University of Graz. From 1971 to 1975 she was research assistant at the university, while she completed a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School. Griss was in 1978 lawyer in Vienna and from 1979 to 1980 a judge at the county court for commercial matters in Vienna, and from 1981 to 1987 a judge at the trade court in Vienna. From 1987 to 1992 she was a judge at the Court of Appeal (Oberlandesgericht) in Vienna and from 1993 a judge at the Austrian Supreme Court. She was in the period from 2007 to 2011 the Supreme Court president.
Irmgard Griss has been a guest professor at the University of Graz, and from May 2013, a brokerage in consumer affairs. She was in January a judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court.
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