The following is a list of all past and present members of the European Court of Justice in the official order of precedence:
As of 9 October 2024 [update] :
Year | Member State | Members of the European Court of Justice | President | Judge | Adv. Gen. |
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1952–1958 | ![]() | Massimo Pilotti | 1952–1958 | ||
1952–1958 | ![]() | Jos Serrarens | 1952–1958 | ||
1952–1963 | ![]() | Otto Riese | 1952–1963 | ||
1952–1967 | ![]() | Louis Delvaux | 1952–1967 | ||
1952–1962 | ![]() | Jacques Rueff | 1952–1962 | ||
1952–1967 | ![]() | Charles Léon Hammes | 1964–1967 | 1952–1964 | |
1952–1958 | ![]() | Adrianus van Kleffens | 1952–1958 | ||
1952–1964 | ![]() | Maurice Lagrange | 1952–1964 | ||
1953–1973 | ![]() | Karl Roemer | 1953–1973 | ||
1958–1964 | ![]() | Rino Rossi | 1958–1964 | ||
1958–1979 | ![]() | Andreas Matthias Donner | 1958–1964 | 1964–1979 | |
1958–1961 | ![]() | Nicola Catalano | 1958–1961 | ||
1962–1976 | ![]() | Alberto Trabucchi | 1962–1972 | 1973–1976 | |
1962–1976 | ![]() | Robert Lecourt | 1967–1976 | 1962–1967 | |
1963–1970 | ![]() | Walter Strauss | 1963–1970 | ||
1964–1976 | ![]() | Riccardo Monaco | 1964–1976 | ||
1964–1970 | ![]() | Joseph Gand | 1964–1970 | ||
1967–1984 | ![]() | Josse Mertens de Wilmars | 1980–1984 | 1967–1980 | |
1967–1985 | ![]() | Pierre Pescatore | 1967–1985 | ||
1970–1980 | ![]() | Hans Kutscher | 1976–1980 | 1970–1976 | |
1970–1972 | ![]() | Alain Louis Dutheillet de Lamothe | 1970–1972 | ||
1972–1981 | ![]() | Henri Mayras | 1972–1981 | ||
1973–1974 | ![]() | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | 1973–1974 | ||
1973–1979 | ![]() | Max Sørensen | 1973–1979 | ||
1973–1988 | ![]() | Alexander Mackenzie Stuart | 1984–1988 | 1973–1984 | |
1973–1981 | ![]() | Jean-Pierre Warner | 1973–1981 | ||
1973–1981 | ![]() | Gerhard Reischl | 1973–1981 | ||
1975–1985 | ![]() | Aindrias Ó Caoimh | 1975–1985 | ||
1976–1982 | ![]() | Francesco Capotorti | 1976–1976 | 1976–1982 | |
1976–1988 | ![]() | Giacinto Bosco | 1976–1988 | ||
1976–1982 | ![]() | Adolphe Touffait | 1976–1982 | ||
1979–1990 | ![]() | Thijmen Koopmans | 1979–1990 | ||
1979–1994 | ![]() | Ole Due | 1988–1994 | 1979–1988 | |
1980–1988 | ![]() | Ulrich Everling | 1980–1988 | ||
1981–1982 | ![]() | Alexandros Chloros | 1981–1982 | ||
1981–1992 | ![]() | Gordon Slynn | 1988–1992 | 1981–1988 | |
1981–1984 | ![]() | Simone Rozès | 1981–1984 | ||
1981–1986 | ![]() | Pieter verLoren van Themaat | 1981–1986 | ||
1981–1982 1988–1994 | ![]() | Fernand Grévisse | 1981–1982 1988–1994 | ||
1982–1988 | ![]() | Kai Bahlmann | 1982–1988 | ||
1982–1999 | ![]() | Giuseppe Federico Mancini | 1988–1999 | 1982–1988 | |
1982–1988 | ![]() | Yves Galmot | 1982–1988 | ||
1983–1997 | ![]() | Constantinos Kakouris | 1983–1997 | ||
1984–1997 | ![]() | Carl Otto Lenz | 1984–1997 | ||
1984–1994 | ![]() | Marco Darmon | 1984–1994 | ||
1984–1995 | ![]() | René Joliet | 1984–1995 | ||
1985–1991 | ![]() | Thomas Francis O'Higgins | 1985–1991 | ||
1985–1996 | ![]() | Fernand Schockweiler | 1985–1996 | ||
1986–1991 1997–2003 | ![]() | Jean Mischo | 1986–1991 1997–2003 | ||
1986–2000 | ![]() | José Carlos de Carvalho Moitinho de Almeida | 1986–2000 | ||
1986–1988 2012–2018 | ![]() | José Luís da Cruz Vilaça | 2012–2018 | 1986–1988 | |
1986–2003 | ![]() | Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias | 1994–2003 | 1986–1994 | |
1988–1994 | ![]() | Manuel Diez de Velasco | 1988–1994 | ||
1988–1994 | ![]() | Manfred Zuleeg | 1988–1994 | ||
1988–1994 | ![]() | Walter van Gerven | 1988–1994 | ||
1988–2006 | ![]() | Francis G. Jacobs | 1988–2006 | ||
1988–1998 | ![]() | Giuseppe Tesauro | 1988–1998 | ||
1990–2000 | ![]() | Paul Joan George Kapteyn | 1990–2000 | ||
1991–2006 | ![]() | Claus Christian Gulmann | 1994–2006 | 1991–1994 | |
1991–1999 | ![]() | John L. Murray | 1991–1999 | ||
1992–2004 | ![]() | David Edward | 1992–2004 | ||
1994–2006 | ![]() | Antonio Mario La Pergola | 1994–1994 1999–2006 | 1995–1999 | |
1994–2000 | ![]() | Georges Cosmas | 1994–2000 | ||
1994–2000 | ![]() | Günter Hirsch | 1994–2000 | ||
1994–1997 | ![]() | Michael Bendik Elmer | 1994–1997 | ||
1994–2006 | ![]() | Jean-Pierre Puissochet | 1994–2006 | ||
1994–2006 | ![]() | Philippe Léger | 1994–2006 | ||
1995–2000 | ![]() | Hans Ragnemalm | 1995–2000 | ||
1995–2002 | ![]() | Leif Sevón | 1995–2002 | ||
1995–2000 | ![]() | Nial Fennelly | 1995–2000 | ||
1995–2003 2012–2018 | ![]() | Melchior Wathelet | 1995–2003 | 2012–2018 | |
1995–2009 | ![]() | Peter Jann | 1995–2009 | ||
1995–2009 | ![]() | Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer | 1995–2009 | ||
1996–2007 | ![]() | Romain Schintgen | 1996–2008 | ||
1997–1999 | ![]() | Krateros Ioannou | 1997–1999 | ||
1997–2003 | ![]() | Siegbert Alber | 1997–2003 | ||
1998–2000 | ![]() | Antonio Saggio | 1998–2000 | ||
1999–2015 | ![]() | Vassilios Skouris | 2003–2015 | 1999–2003 | |
1999–2004 | ![]() | Fidelma O’Kelly Macken | 1999–2004 | ||
2000–2006 | ![]() | Ninon Colneric | 2000–2006 | ||
2000–2006 | ![]() | Stig von Bahr | 2000–2006 | ||
2000–2018 | ![]() | Antonio Tizzano | 2006–2018 | 2000–2006 | |
2000–2012 | ![]() | José Narciso da Cunha Rodrigues | 2000–2012 | ||
2000–2010 | ![]() | Christiaan Timmermans | 2000–2010 | ||
2000–2006 | ![]() | Ad Geelhoed | 2000–2006 | ||
2000–2006 | ![]() | Christine Stix-Hackl | 2000–2006 | ||
2002–2019 | ![]() | Allan Rosas | 2002–2019 | ||
2003–2021 | ![]() | Rosario Silva de Lapuerta | 2003–2021 | ||
2003–present | ![]() | Koen Lenaerts | 2015–present | 2003–2015 | |
2003–present | ![]() | Juliane Kokott | 2003–present | ||
2003–2009 | ![]() | Luís Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro | 2003–2009 | ||
2004–2012 | ![]() | Hermann Theodor Schiemann | 2004–2012 | ||
2004–2009 | ![]() | Jerzy Makarczyk | 2004–2009 | ||
2004–2010 | ![]() | Pranas Kūris | 2004–2010 | ||
2004–2021 | ![]() | Endre Juhász | 2004–2021 | ||
2004–2014 | ![]() | George Arestis | 2004–2014 | ||
2004–2018 | ![]() | Anthony Borg Barthet | 2004–2018 | ||
2004–2024 | ![]() | Marko Ilešič | 2004–2024 | ||
2004–2020 | ![]() | Jiří Malenovský | 2004–2020 | ||
2004–2009 | ![]() | Ján Klučka | 2004–2009 | ||
2004–2013 | ![]() | Uno Lõhmus | 2004–2013 | ||
2004–2019 | ![]() | Egils Levits | 2004–2019 | ||
2004–2015 | ![]() | Aindrias Ó Caoimh | 2004–2015 | ||
2006–2024 | ![]() | Lars Bay Larsen | 2006–2024 | ||
2006–2020 | ![]() | Eleanor Sharpston | 2006–2020 | ||
2006–2018 | ![]() | Paolo Mengozzi | 2006–2018 | ||
2006–2011 | ![]() | Pernilla Lindh | 2006–2011 | ||
2006–2024 | ![]() | Jean-Claude Bonichot | 2006–2024 | ||
2006–present | ![]() | Thomas von Danwitz | 2006–present | ||
2006–2019 | ![]() | Yves Bot | 2006–2019 | ||
2006–2012 | ![]() | Ján Mazák | 2006–2012 | ||
2006–2012 | ![]() | Verica Trstenjak | 2006–2012 | ||
2007–present | ![]() | Alexander Arabadjiev | 2007–present | ||
2007–2021 | ![]() | Camelia Toader | 2007–2021 | ||
2008–2013 | ![]() | Jean-Jacques Kasel | 2008–2013 | ||
2009–present | ![]() | Marek Safjan | 2009–present | ||
2009–2021 | ![]() | Daniel Šváby | 2009–2021 | ||
2009–2019 | ![]() | Maria Berger | 2009–2019 | ||
2009–2015 2019–present | ![]() | Niilo Jääskinen | 2019–present | 2009–2015 | |
2009–2015 | ![]() | Pedro Cruz Villalón | 2009–2015 | ||
2010–2024 | ![]() | Sacha Prechal | 2010–2024 | ||
2010–2018 | ![]() | Egidijus Jarašiūnas | 2010–2018 | ||
2011–2019 | ![]() | Carl Gustav Fernlund | 2011–2019 | ||
2012–2020 | ![]() | Christopher Vajda | 2012–2020 | ||
2012–2024 | ![]() | Nils Wahl | 2019–2024 | 2012–2019 | |
2013–present | ![]() | Siniša Rodin | 2013–present | ||
2013–present | ![]() | François Biltgen | 2013–present | ||
2013–present | ![]() | Küllike Jürimäe | 2013–present | ||
2013–present | ![]() | Maciej Szpunar | 2013–present | ||
2014–present | ![]() | Constantinos Lycourgos | 2014–present | ||
2015–2021 | ![]() | Michal Bobek | 2015–2021 | ||
2015–present | ![]() | Manuel Campos Sánchez Bordona | 2015–present | ||
2015–present | ![]() | Eugene Regan | 2015–present | ||
2015–2021 | ![]() | Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe | 2015–2021 | ||
2015–2021 | ![]() | Michail Vilaras | 2015–2021 | ||
2016–2021 | ![]() | Evgeni Tanchev | 2016–2021 | ||
2018–2024 | ![]() | Peter George Xuereb | 2018–2024 | ||
2018–present | ![]() | Nuno José Cardoso da Silva Piçarra | 2018–present | ||
2018–2024 | ![]() | Lucia Serena Rossi | 2018–2024 | ||
2018–2021 | ![]() | Gerard Hogan | 2018–2021 | ||
2018–2023 | ![]() | Giovanni Pitruzzella | 2018–2023 | ||
2018–present | ![]() | Irmantas Jarukaitis | 2018–present | ||
2019–2024 | ![]() | Priit Pikamäe | 2019–2024 | ||
2019–present | ![]() | Andreas Kumin | 2019–present | ||
2020–present | ![]() | Jean Richard de la Tour | 2020–present | ||
2020–present | ![]() | Athanasios Rantos | 2020–present | ||
2020–present | ![]() | Ineta Ziemele | 2020–present | ||
2020–present | ![]() | Jan Passer | 2020–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Dimitrios Gratsias | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Maria Lourdes Arastey Sahún | 2021–present | ||
2021–2024 | ![]() | Anthony Collins | 2021–2024 | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Miroslav Gavalec | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Nicholas Emiliou | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Zoltán Csehi | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Octavia Spineanu-Matei | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Tamara Ćapeta | 2021–present | ||
2021–present | ![]() | Laila Medina | 2021–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Bernardus Smulders | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Dean Spielmann | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Massimo Condinanzi | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Fredrik Schalin | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Andrea Biondi | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Stéphane Gervasoni | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Niels Fenger | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Ramona Frendo | 2024–present | ||
2024–present | ![]() | Rimvydas Norkus | 2024–present |
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