Prof. Dr. Michael Sauthoff

Honorary Professor

Former President of the Higher Administrative and Fiscal Court of Greifswald

 

Contact Information

Institute for Energy, Environmental and Maritime Law (IfEUS)
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1
17489 Greifswald
Phone +49 3834 5255160
Mobil +49 178 3269874
sauthofm18uni-greifswaldde

Office hours by appointment

Sekretariat Jana Prieß

Education

  • 1954: Born in Frankfurt/Main

  • 1972 and 1974-1978: Studied law and economics in Freiburg/Brsg.

  • 1978: First state examination in law in Freiburg/Brsg.

  • 1981: Major state examination in law in Stuttgart

Professional Career
  • 2.11.1981: Appointment as probationary judge at the Administrative Court of Oldenburg/Oldb.
  • 1983: Secondment to the district of Oldenburg/Oldenburg
  • 2.11.1984: Appointment as judge at the Administrative Court of Oldenburg/Oldb.
  • 27.12.1990 - 31.3.1991: Secondment to the Federal Ministry of Justice - Berlin branch office
  • 1.4.1991 - 30.6.1992: Secondment to the Ministry of Justice and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1.4.1992: Appointment as judge at the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1.7.1992 - 31.1.2001: Appointed as a judge at the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Simultaneously from 1.7.1992 - 30.6. 1998: Judge at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Fiscal Court in a second main office
  • 2001 - 2003: Secondment to the Ministry of Justice of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1.7.2003: Appointment as Vice President of the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • 23.6.2011: Doctorate with the thesis "Public roads, road law - road traffic law - traffic safety obligations"
  • 20.6.2012: Appointment as honorary professor at the University of Greifswald
  • 16.1.2014: Appointed President of the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and President of the Fiscal Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1.10.2019: Retirement as President of the Higher Administrative Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and President of the Fiscal Court of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Other obligations

  • Lecturer at the University of Greifswald since 1993

  • Editor of the Journal for Public Law in Northern Germany (NordÖR) for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility e.V. (IKEM), Greifswald/Berlin

  • Member of the Institute for Energy, Environmental and Maritime Law at the University of Greifswald (IfEUS)