Savvas Papasavvas elected president of EU General Court
Cypriot judge Savvas Papasavvas has been elected president of the General Court of the European Union until August 31, 2028.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Savvas Papasavvas was elected president of the General Court of the European Union on Wednesday for the remainder of the term ending on August 31, 2028.
Born in Nicosia in 1960, Papasavvas has served as a judge at the General Court since 2004 and as its vice president since 2019.
Education and legal career
Papasavvas obtained a law degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1991.
He completed postgraduate studies in public law at the University of Paris II in France in 1992 and was awarded a doctorate in law by the University of Aix-Marseille III in France in 1995.
He was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 1993 and worked as a lawyer until his appointment to the General Court in 2004.
Academic and judicial roles
Papasavvas was a teaching fellow at the University of Cyprus from 1997 to 2002. He then served as a lecturer in constitutional law from 2002 to 2004.
After becoming a judge at the General Court in 2004, he was elected president of a chamber for two consecutive terms between 2010 and 2016.
He was elected vice president of the General Court in 2019, a position he held until 2026.
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