Andrzej Zoll

Andrzej Stanisław Zoll (born 27 May 1942) is a Polish lawyer, former judge and president of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, former Polish Ombudsman, former president of the State Electoral Commission, former president of the Legislative Council, co-author of the Polish Penal Code of 1997. Professor of criminal law at the Jagiellonian University.

Andrzej Stanisław Zoll
4th Ombudsman for Citizen Rights
In office
June 30, 2000  January 27, 2006
PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski
Lech Kaczyński
Prime MinisterJerzy Buzek
Leszek Miller
Marek Belka
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Preceded byAdam Zieliński
Succeeded byJanusz Kochanowski
3rd President of the Constitutional Tribunal
In office
November 19, 1993  December 1, 1997
PresidentLech Wałęsa
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Prime MinisterWaldemar Pawlak
Józef Oleksy
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz
Jerzy Buzek
Preceded byMieczysław Tyczka
Succeeded byMarek Safjan
Personal details
BornMay 27, 1943
Sieniawa
ProfessionLawyer

Biography

Andrzej Zoll was born in Sieniawa, Poland.[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in 1964.[1] He earned his Ph.D. in 1968, and a habilitated doctor's title in 1973. In 1988 he became professor of legal sciences. Since 1994 he heads the Chair of Criminal Law of the Jagiellonian University.[1]

In 1989 he took part in the Round Table Negotiations as Solidarity’s legal expert.[2]

Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the European Art and Science Academy in Salzburg.[3] Between 1989-1993, he served as a judge of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal and between 1990-1993 he was chairman of the State Electoral Committee.[3] In 2002, he was appointed deputy director at the European Ombudsman Institute.[3] Since 2000 until 2006, he served as Polish Ombudsman for Citizens' Rights.[3]

Author of 3 monographs and above 150 other publications in the area of criminal and constitutional law and philosophy of law.

Member of the Committee on Ethics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as Department of History and Philosophy of the Polish Academy of Learning. Curator of the Association of Law Students' Library of the Jagiellonian University.

Distinctions

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See also

References

  1. "Andrzej Zoll - Prezes". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. "Architekci wolnej Polski". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "prof. dr hab. Andrzej Zoll - RPO IV kadencji". Architekci wolnej Polski. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (pdf) (in German). p. 1145.
  • Biography at the website of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal
  • List of publications at the website of the Chair of Criminal Law of the Jagiellonian University
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