Constitutional Court (Austria)
The Constitutional Court in Austria is the tribunal responsible for judicial review.
Seat of the Court in Vienna.
Christoph Grabenwarter has been the president of the Constitutional Court since February 2020.
The Court in 2015. Front row center: Gerhart Holzinger, the president of the Court at the time
The Court deliberating
The president of Austria, officially titled federal president of the Republic of Austria is the head of state of the Republic of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the Constitution, in practice the president is largely a ceremonial and symbolic figurehead.
The "Abdication Proclamation" of Emperor Charles I.
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss played a key role in the history of fascism (1934).
Cabinet Kreisky I, with Chancellor Bruno Kreisky seated at the center of the futon and President Rudolf Kirchschläger standing behind him (center-right)
Image: Spiegelsaal 2