Justice
Federal Attorney General Frank elected constitutional judge
Federal Prosecutor General Peter Frank has been elected as Peter Müller’s successor as judge at the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. photo
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Peter Frank moves from the Federal Court of Justice to the Federal Constitutional Court. The Federal Council elected the lawyer, who is considered to be experienced and sociable, to the new office.
The Federal Council has elected Federal Attorney General Peter Frank as the new judge at the Federal Constitutional Court. The proposal was unanimously accepted, as Federal Council President Manuela Schwesig (SPD) announced on Friday after the vote. Frank should Follow Peter Müller. The former Prime Minister of Saarland came to the Federal Constitutional Court in December 2011 and has thus reached the end of his 12-year term in office.
Frank has been Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice since October 5, 2015 and thus head of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. At 47, he was the youngest Federal Prosecutor General when he took office. Public statements from Frank are few and far between. Every now and then the chief prosecutor gives interviews. He worked on better cooperation between investigative authorities. A focus of his work is the fight against terrorism. Recently, the number of investigations into this matter has increased significantly.
Frank is considered experienced, resilient, sociable and easy-going. He studied law in Würzburg and Munich, passed both state law examinations with top grades and received his doctorate in criminal law procedure (“summa cum laude”). He then worked as a public prosecutor in Munich and later for the Bavarian Ministry of Justice.