Savvas Papasavvas has been elected President of the General Court of the European Union by his fellow Judges for the remainder of the presidential term, namely from 16 September 2026 to 31 August 2028, following the early termination of the term of Marc van der Woude.
Born in 1969 in Nicosia, Savvas S. Papasavvas studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he obtained a degree in law in 1991. He pursued postgraduate studies at the Université de Paris II in France and, in 1992, obtained a postgraduate degree (D.E.A.) in public law. In 1995, following doctoral studies at the Université d’Aix-Marseille III in France, he was awarded a doctorate in law.
Admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association and a member of the Nicosia Bar Association since 1993, Papasavvas continued his career as a lawyer until his appointment to the General Court in 2004.
He also taught at the University of Cyprus as a teaching fellow from 1997 to 2002. He was subsequently elected Lecturer in Constitutional Law and taught in that capacity from 2002 to 2004.
Papasavvas was appointed Judge at the General Court on 12 May 2004 and was elected President of a Chamber for two consecutive terms, from 15 September 2010 to 25 September 2016. His fellow Judges elected him Vice-President of the General Court on 27 September 2019, a position he held until today, when he was elected President.
(Source: CNA)
