Mattias Guyomar

Last updated

Mattias Guyomar
President of the European Court of Human Rights
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 May 2025

Mattias Guyomar (born 21 July 1968) is a French judge at the European Court of Human Rights, currently serving as its President. [1]

Contents

Early life and education

Guyomar was born on 21 July 1968 in Guérande, France. [1] He first completed a licence (Bachelor’s) in modern literature at the University of Nantes from 1986 to 1989. [1] He then attended the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (IEP) from 1989 to 1991, becoming a "laureate" of the institution. [1] Afterwards, he studied at the École nationale d’administration (ENA) from 1993 to 1996. [1]

In 1996, Guyomar entered the French Conseil d'État (Council of State) as rapporteur in the Judicial Division (Section du contentieux), where he served from 1996 to 1999. [1] Concurrently he lectured at the IEP Paris and the ENA in public and comparative law from 1996 to 2007. [1]

From 1998 to 2020, he was Secretary-General of the French Electoral Commission ("Commission des sondages"). [1] He also served as Director of the Legal Documentation and Co-ordination Centre of the Conseil d'État (1999–2002) and as General Rapporteur of the Haut Conseil à l'intégration (1999–2002). [1]

Between 2002 and 2011, he was Government Commissioner ("commissaire du gouvernement") then Public Rapporteur ("rapporteur public") at the Judicial Division and the Jurisdiction Disputes Tribunal ("Tribunal des conflits"). [1]

He was Associate Professor of Public Law at University Paris-Sud XI (2004–2012) and at University Paris 2 – Panthéon-Assas (2012–2020). [1] From 2011 to 2020 he served as a member of the 6th and then 10th Chamber of the Judicial Division of the Conseil d'État, as well as urgent-applications judge ("juge des référés"). [1] In 2016 he became President of the 10th Chamber of the Judicial Division. [1]

Service at the European Court of Human Rights

Guyomar was elected as the judge in respect of France at the European Court of Human Rights on 22 June 2020. [1] On 2 May 2024, he became President of Section. [1] On 28 April 2025, he was elected President of the Court, to take up office on 30 May 2025, succeeding Marko Bošnjak. [2]

As President, Guyomar presides over plenary meetings of the Court, Grand Chamber sessions, and the Bureau of the Court, assisted by the Registrar and the President’s Private Office. [3]

Selected publications and speeches

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Mattias Guyomar – ECHR". European Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "European Court of Human Rights elects new President". coe.int. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Presidency of the Court – ECHR". echr.coe.int. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Speech – MEDEL 40th Anniversary (French)". echr.coe.int. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Speech – PACE 2025 (French)". echr.coe.int. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.