Jens Peter Christensen

Jens Peter Christensen (born 1 November 1956 in Skive) is the president of the Supreme Court of Denmark.

Christensen was a fuldmægtig at the Copenhagen Municipality from 1983 to 1984,^[1]fuldmægtig at the Danish Ministry of Education from 1985 to 1988,^[1] a research fellow at the Aarhus University judicial institute from 1988 to 1990,^[1]public law lecturer from 1990 to 1998^[1]^[2] and acting judge at the High Court of Western Denmark from 1999 to 2000.^[1] In 2006 he was appointed to be a judge at the Supreme Court of Denmark.^[1] He is the president of the Danish Court Administration and the Danish Electoral Commission.^[2]

Christensen was appointed President of the Supreme Court, effective from 1 November 2022, succeeding Thomas Rørdam.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11Danish Supreme Court. "Jens Peter Christensen, højesteretsdommer, professor, dr. jur"[Jens Peter Christensen, supreme court judge, professor, dr. jur](ASPX). Curriculum vitae (in Danish). Courts of Denmark. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-12-04.Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
1 2 3 4 5Hagemann, Louise (2011-06-23). "DOMSTOLENE ER IKKE EN HVILKEN SOM HELST PØLSEFABRIK"[THE COURTS ARE NOT SOME KIND OF SAUSAGE FACTORY]. Retten Rundt (in Danish). Danish Court Administration. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
↑Geil, Adam (19 November 2022). "Han er frontfigur i et presset system"[He is the front man of a system under pressure](PDF). Berlingske (in Danish). pp. 30–31. Retrieved 13 December 2022.