Thomas Bull (judge)

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Thomas Bull is a Swedish jurist who serves as the Chancellor of Justice (Swedish : justitiekansler) in Sweden since 1 March 2025. He served as a judge on the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden from 2013 to 2025, and worked as a professor in constitutional law at Uppsala University from 2008 to 2012. [1]

Bull received his Master of Laws degree in 1992, his Doctor of Laws degree in 1997, and his Associate Professorship in Public Law in 2000. He was a professor in constitutional law at Uppsala University from 2008 to 2012. He was nominated as a Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court in 2012, being sworn in on 1 January 2013. On 21 November 2024 he was nominated by the government to be the next Chancellor of Justice, succeeding Mari Heidenborg on 1 March 2025 and retiring from the Supreme Administrative Court. [1]

Bull has also been an expert in the constitutional inquiry's expert group for norm control, in the detention inquiry, the freedom of expression committee, and has been a special investigator of the Swedish Transport Agency's procurement of IT operations. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (2024-11-21). "Regeringen utser Thomas Bull till ny justitiekansler". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  2. "Regeringen utser ny justitiekansler". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Mari Heidenborg
Chancellor of Justice
2025–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent